Directed by:
Jerry SchatzbergScreenplay:
Alan AldaCinematography:
Adam HolenderComposer:
Bill ContiCast:
Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Kimbrough, Dan Hedaya, Stephen D. Newman, Lu Elrod, Blanche Baker, Kaiulani Lee (more)Plots(1)
Joe Tynan is a respected United States Senator who has been asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. In order to do this, Joe has to ignore some of his principles, lose an old friend, and possibly put more strain on his family who he already sees too infrequently. But Joe accepts the task because it will help his career. An additional complication arises when the attorney helping him on the case is an attractive woman with whom he begins an affair. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Alan Alda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267926_893314.jpg)
Alan Alda
USA
Best movies:
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
![Barbara Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/310/160310885_a5c34a.jpg)
Barbara Harris
USA
Best movies:
Plaza Suite (1971)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Nashville (1975)
![Meryl Streep](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049824_5b5d42.jpg)
Meryl Streep
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
![Rip Torn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269185_f1f9bb.jpg)
Rip Torn
USA
Best movies:
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
Men in Black (1997)
Hercules (1997)
![Melvyn Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/250/164250594_d633ef.jpg)
Melvyn Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Ninotchka (1939)
![Charles Kimbrough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/747/160747101_a4a785.jpg)
Charles Kimbrough
USA
Best movies:
The Front (1976)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
![Dan Hedaya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268904_557bf1.jpg)
Dan Hedaya
USA
Best movies:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Maverick (1994)
Stephen D. Newman
USA
Best movies:
Sophie's Choice (1982)
The Next Man (1976)
Hanky Panky (1982)
![Lu Elrod](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278541_8a3d53.jpg)
Lu Elrod
Best movies:
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Freaky Friday (2003)
Wag the Dog (1997)
![Blanche Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/747/160747102_1e78d6.jpg)
Blanche Baker
USA
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Dead Funny (1994)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Kaiulani Lee
USA
Best movies:
A Bird of the Air (2011)
The World According to Garp (1982)
Mac (1992)
Novella Nelson
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Orphans (1987)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Gus Fleming
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
![Michael Higgins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781256_359e7b.jpg)
Michael Higgins
USA
Best movies:
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Angel Heart (1987)
The Conversation (1974)
![Carrie Nye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781257_89559d.jpg)
Carrie Nye
USA
Best movies:
Creepshow (1982)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Too Scared to Scream (1985)
Maureen Anderman
USA
Best movies:
Man, Woman and Child (1983)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Robert Christian
USA
Best movies:
...And Justice for All (1979)
Funny Girl (1968)
Prince of the City (1981)
Maurice Copeland
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Trading Places (1983)
Blow Out (1981)
Peter Henry Schroeder
Best movies:
Argo (2012)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Hider in the House (1989)
Clarence Felder
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Playing for Time (1980) (TV movie)
After Hours (1985)