The Best Man
“Does The Best Man Always Get To The White House?”
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
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Henry Fonda
William Russell
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Cliff Robertson
Joe Cantwell
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Spider-Man
Three Days of the Condor
Edie Adams
Mabel Cantwell
Known for
Up in Smoke
The Apartment
Margaret Leighton
Alice Russell
Known for
Under Capricorn
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Shelley Berman
Sheldon Bascomb
Known for
The Holiday
Meet the Fockers
Lee Tracy
President Art Hockstader
Known for
Bombshell
Doctor X
Ann Sothern
Sue Ellen Gamadge
Known for
A Letter to Three Wives
The Blue Gardenia
Gene Raymond
Don Cantwell
Known for
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Flying Down to Rio
Kevin McCarthy
Dick Jensen
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Innerspace
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
Also in
Imitation of Life
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Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith
John Henry Faulk
Gov. T.T. Claypoole
Known for
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Franklin J. Schaffner Director · Gore Vidal Screenplay Mort Lindsey Composer
United States release April 5, 1964 · Produced in United States · Production Millar/Turman Productions, United Artists Pictures
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United Artists
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Millar/Turman Productions
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United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 5, 1964
Theatrical
Germany
June 18, 1964 · Theatrical · United Artists
United Kingdom
May 7, 1964 · Theatrical · (Rated A)
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