The Best Man

In Theaters

April 5, 1964

Runtime: 1h 42m

The Best Man
EnglishDrama

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

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Cast & Crew

  • Henry Fonda

    Henry Fonda

    William Russell

  • Cliff Robertson

    Cliff Robertson

    Joe Cantwell

  • Edie Adams

    Edie Adams

    Mabel Cantwell

  • Margaret Leighton

    Margaret Leighton

    Alice Russell

  • Shelley Berman

    Shelley Berman

    Sheldon Bascomb

  • Lee Tracy

    Lee Tracy

    President Art Hockstader

  • Ann Sothern

    Ann Sothern

    Sue Ellen Gamadge

  • Gene Raymond

    Gene Raymond

    Don Cantwell

  • Kevin McCarthy

    Kevin McCarthy

    Dick Jensen

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Mahalia Jackson

    Mahalia Jackson

  • Howard K. Smith

    Howard K. Smith

    Howard K. Smith

  • JF

    John Henry Faulk

    Gov. T.T. Claypoole

  • Richard Arlen

    Richard Arlen

    Sen. Oscar Anderson

  • Penny Singleton

    Penny Singleton

    Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)

  • GK

    George Kirgo

    Speechwriter

  • George Furth

    George Furth

    Tom

  • AB

    Anne Newman Bacal

    Janet

  • Mary Lawrence

    Mary Lawrence

    Mrs. Merwin

  • Franklin J. Schaffner

    Franklin J. Schaffner

    Director

  • Gore Vidal

    Gore Vidal

    Screenplay

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