The Man
- Original title
- The Man
- Year
- 1972
- Running time
- 93 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Rod Serling. Novel: Irving Wallace
- Cast
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- 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
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Politics
- Synopsis
- 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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