| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Robert Redford | ... | Bill McKay | |
| Peter Boyle | ... | Marvin Lucas | |
| Melvyn Douglas | ... | John J. McKay | |
| Don Porter | ... | Senator Crocker Jarmon | |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Klein | |
| Karen Carlson | ... | Nancy McKay | |
| Quinn K. Redeker | ... | Rick Jenkin (as Quinn Redeker) | |
| Morgan Upton | ... | Wally Henderson | |
| Michael Lerner | ... | Paul Corliss | |
| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Floyd J. Starkey | |
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Christopher Pray | ... | David (as Chris Prey) |
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Joe Miksak | ... | Neil Atkinson |
| Jenny Sullivan | ... | Lynn | |
| Tom Dahlgren | ... | Pilot | |
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Gerald Hiken | ... | Station Manager |
Californian lawyer Bill McKay fights for the little man. His charisma and integrity get him noticed by the Democratic Party machine and he is persuaded to run for the Senate against an apparently unassailable incumbent. It's agreed he can handle it his own way, on his own terms. But once he's in the race and his prospects begin to improve, the deal starts to change. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
This is a film about how power, or its possibility, corrupts. Redford is fantastically subtle, and the film itself feels like a documentary which gives you an inside look into the whole process of 20th century ( and unfortunately 21st also) politics. It is "must see" for anybody who cares about politics, and questions himself on why the path to hell is padded with good intentions.