The Man (1972)

Drama

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.

Cast

Douglass Dilman
Jim Talley
South African Consul
Jack Benny
Secret Service Man
Congressman Hand
Chief Justice Williams
Reverend Otis Waldren
Mrs. Smelker
Senator Watson
Press Secretary
Congressman Walding
Congressman Steller
Congressman Eckworth
Congressman Parmel
Howard K. Smith
Noah Calvin
Arthur Eaton
Kay Eaton
Robert Wheeler
Wheeler's Lawyer
Hugh Gaynor

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