Directed by:
Franklin J. SchaffnerScreenplay:
Gore VidalCinematography:
Haskell WexlerComposer:
Mort LindseyCast:
Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton, Shelley Berman, Lee Tracy, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Mahalia Jackson (more)Plots(1)
Gore Vidal adapted his own stage drama of behind-the-scenes political maneuvering during a party convention. The candidates grapple for the party's nomination revealing their true natures as they vie for the endorsement of the ailing president. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Henry Fonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/296/164296957_834716.jpg)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Cliff Robertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387786_f1e359.jpg)
Cliff Robertson
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Midway (1976)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
![Edie Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444409_f70dfb.jpg)
Edie Adams
USA
Best movies:
The Apartment (1960)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
![Margaret Leighton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762317_718a23.jpg)
Margaret Leighton
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Best Man (1964)
Great Expectations (1974) (TV movie)
Shelley Berman
USA
Best movies:
The Holiday (2006)
The Best Man (1964)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
![Lee Tracy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/377/377062_e71a34.jpg)
Lee Tracy
USA
Best movies:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The Best Man (1964)
Doctor X (1932)
![Ann Sothern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000282_ced624.jpg)
Ann Sothern
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Best Man (1964)
Footlight Parade (1933)
![Gene Raymond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421428_d072f7.jpg)
Gene Raymond
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Best Man (1964)
The Locket (1946)
![Kevin McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/212/164212306_cc8012.jpg)
Kevin McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Mahalia Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Best Man (1964)
House of Boys (2009) - a.f.
Howard K. Smith
USA
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
V (1983) (TV movie)
![Richard Arlen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270286_c40edf.jpg)
Richard Arlen
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Wings (1927)
The Mountain (1956)
![Marie Blake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280164_f3fc00.jpg)
Marie Blake
USA
Best movies:
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Day-Time Wife (1939)
John Henry Faulk
USA
Best movies:
The Best Man (1964)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Leadbelly (1976)
![Natalie Masters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/374/159374630_584914.jpg)
Natalie Masters
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Best Man (1964)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
![Penny Singleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434728_78ac12.jpg)
Penny Singleton
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Best Man (1964)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
![Gene Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619247_6286a2.jpg)
Gene Roth
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Brute Force (1947)
![George Furth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000136_3ce9ed.gif)
George Furth
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Sleeper (1973)
The Best Man (1964)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)