Directed by:
Franklin J. SchaffnerScreenplay:
Gore VidalCinematography:
Haskell WexlerComposer:
Mort LindseyCast:
Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton, Shelley Berman, Lee Tracy, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Mahalia Jackson (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Gore Vidal adapted his own stage drama of behind-the-scenes political maneuvering during a party convention. The candidates grapple for the party's nomination revealing their true natures as they vie for the endorsement of the ailing president. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Henry Fonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/296/164296957_834716.jpg)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Cliff Robertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387786_f1e359.jpg)
Cliff Robertson
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Midway (1976)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
![Edie Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444409_f70dfb.jpg)
Edie Adams
USA
Best movies:
The Apartment (1960)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
![Margaret Leighton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762317_718a23.jpg)
Margaret Leighton
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Best Man (1964)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Shelley Berman
USA
Best movies:
The Best Man (1964)
The Holiday (2006)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
![Lee Tracy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/377/377062_e71a34.jpg)
Lee Tracy
USA
Best movies:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The Best Man (1964)
Doctor X (1932)
![Ann Sothern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000282_ced624.jpg)
Ann Sothern
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Best Man (1964)
Footlight Parade (1933)
![Gene Raymond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421428_d072f7.jpg)
Gene Raymond
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Ex-Lady (1933)
The Best Man (1964)
![Kevin McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/212/164212306_cc8012.jpg)
Kevin McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Mahalia Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Best Man (1964)
House of Boys (2009) - a.f.
Howard K. Smith
USA
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Escape from Sobibor (1987) (TV movie) - narrator
![Richard Arlen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270286_c40edf.jpg)
Richard Arlen
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Wings (1927)
The Mountain (1956)
![Marie Blake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280164_f3fc00.jpg)
Marie Blake
USA
Best movies:
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
The Best Man (1964)
John Henry Faulk
USA
Best movies:
The Best Man (1964)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Leadbelly (1976)
![Natalie Masters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/374/159374630_584914.jpg)
Natalie Masters
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Best Man (1964)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
![Penny Singleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434728_78ac12.jpg)
Penny Singleton
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Best Man (1964)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
![Gene Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619247_6286a2.jpg)
Gene Roth
USA
Best movies:
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Westward the Women (1951)
Brute Force (1947)
![George Furth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000136_3ce9ed.gif)
George Furth
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Sleeper (1973)
P.J. (1968)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)