Power
5.7
“More seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price.”
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
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Cast
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Richard Gere
Pete St. John
Known for
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Pretty Woman
Denzel Washington
Arnold Billings
Known for
The Equalizer
Training Day
Gene Hackman
Wilfred Buckley
Known for
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven
Julie Christie
Ellen Freeman
Known for
Finding Neverland
Fahrenheit 451
Kate Capshaw
Sydney Betterman
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Black Rain
E.G. Marshall
Senator Sam Hastings
Known for
12 Angry Men
The Tommyknockers
J.T. Walsh
Jerome Cade
Known for
Breakdown
A Few Good Men
Beatrice Straight
Claire Hastings
Known for
Poltergeist
Endless Love
Fritz Weaver
Wallace Furman
Known for
Creepshow
Fail Safe
E. Katherine Kerr
Irene Furman
Known for
Suspect
Silkwood
Michael Learned
Gov. Andrea Stannard
Known for
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The Waltons
Omar Torres
Roberto Cepeda
Also in
The Cosby Show
Sidney Lumet Director · David Himmelstein Writer Cy Coleman Composer
Worldwide gross $3.8M · Budget $16M · United States release January 31, 1986
Box office
Budget
$16,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,800,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Polar Entertainment
Production
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
Lorimar Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish · Yiddish
Release dates
Germany · January 31, 1986
Digital
United States · January 31, 1986
Theatrical
Australia
March 27, 1986 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 1, 1994 · Physical
France
November 26, 1986 · Theatrical
Slovakia
August 7, 1997 · TV · Markíza
Sweden
May 9, 1986 · Theatrical
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