The Man (1972)

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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.

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1972-07-19

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Runtime: 93 mins Rating: 8.0 Tag Line: It took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident.

Cast

Martin Balsam

Jim Talley

Lew Ayres

Noah Calvin

Jack Benny

Himself

William Windom

Arthur Eaton

Patric Knowles

South African Consul

Georg Stanford Brown

Robert Wheeler

James Earl Jones

Douglass Dilman

Janet MacLachlan

Wanda

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Crew

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

Rod Serling

Screenplay

Joseph Sargent

Director

Irving Wallace

Novel

Edward Rosson

Director of Photography

George Jay Nicholson

Editor

John Isaacs

Gaffer

Lee Rich

Producer

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