The Man
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- Runtime
- 93 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- James Earl Jones
- Martin Balsam
- Burgess Meredith
- Lew Ayres
- William Windom
- Barbara Rush
- Georg Stanford Brown
- Janet MacLachlan
- Martin E. Brooks
- Simon Scott
- Patric Knowles
- Robert DoQui
- Anne Seymour
- Jack Benny
- Edward Faulkner
- Gilbert Green
- Lew Brown
- Philip Bourneuf
- Reginald Fenderson
- Elizabeth Ross
- Barry Russo
- Garry Walberg
- Ted Hartley
- Charles Lampkin
- Lawrence Cook
- Vince Howard
- Leonard Stone
- Howard K. Smith
- Bill Lawrence
Director
- Joseph Sargent
Producers
- Lee Rich
Screenwriter
- Rod Serling
