The Contender

The Contender

Released on
Drama, Thriller
Runtime
126 mins
(236 votes)

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

Cast

  • Joan Allen
  • Gary Oldman
  • Jeff Bridges
  • Christian Slater
  • Sam Elliott
  • William Petersen
  • Saul Rubinek
  • Philip Baker Hall
  • Mike Binder
  • Robin Thomas
  • Kathryn Morris
  • Kristen Shaw
  • Douglas Urbanski
  • Noah Fryrear
  • Angelica Page
  • Joseph Lyle Taylor
  • Kevin Geer
  • Doug Roberts
  • Mariel Hemingway
  • Bev Appleton
  • Sandra Register
  • Anthony Booth
  • Andrew Boothby
  • Irene Ziegler
  • Del Driver
  • Sean Pratt
  • Bill Bevins
  • Ed Sala
  • Kirk Penberthy
  • Justin Dray
  • David Laubacher
  • David Bridgewater
  • Kevin Grantz
  • Michael Kennedy
  • David Londoner
  • Larry King
  • Amit Mehta
  • Catherine Shaffner
  • Liz Marks
  • Sherri Richmond
  • Teresa Jones
  • Lynn West
  • Heather Rosbeck
  • Dawn Westbrook
  • Jolene Carroll
  • Michael Goodwin
  • Ashly Covington
  • Cynthia Webb
  • Caryn Mower
  • Robert Shepherd
  • Denis Maloney
  • Lucas N. Hall

Director

  • Rod Lurie

Producers

  • Marc Frydman
  • James Spies
  • Willi Bär
  • Douglas Urbanski

Screenwriter

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