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Title: The Man (1972)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Earl Jones | ... | Douglass Dilman | |
| Martin Balsam | ... | Jim Talley | |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Senator Watson | |
| Lew Ayres | ... | Noah Calvin | |
| William Windom | ... | Arthur Eaton | |
| Barbara Rush | ... | Kay Eaton | |
| Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Robert Wheeler | |
| Janet MacLachlan | ... | Wanda | |
| Martin E. Brooks | ... | Wheeler's Lawyer (as Martin Brooks) | |
| Simon Scott | ... | Hugh Gaynor | |
| Patric Knowles | ... | South African Consul | |
| Robert DoQui | ... | Webson | |
| Anne Seymour | ... | Ma Blore | |
| Edward Faulkner | ... | Secret Service Man | |
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Gilbert Green | ... | Congressman Hand |
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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. Written by Kevin Lantry
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Douglass Dilman: We live in a time when violence is offered up as the panacea. The bullet seems to be the final instrument of political discourse. Men die violently, we bury them, we mourn for them and we seek retribution. It's a deadly pattern... a quote from Genesis, 'Behold the dreamer. Come now therefore and let us slay him and we shall see what has become of his dream.' We cannot murder the tyranny by murdering the tyrant and we cannot murder the dream by murdering the dreamer. And if we justify the taking...See more »
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19 July 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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.....then by all means let me know directly at the above e-mail address so that I may arrange for a copy for you. An outstanding undiscovered classic originally made for TV, but whose controversial content resulted in a theatrical release at the 11th hour. James Earl Jones has never been better, nor has Rod Serling's writing, proving he was just as much a genius working outside of the fantasy milieu (as though he hadn't already demonstrated that with "Requiem for a Heavyweight," etc.). Burgess Meredith excels as a white supremacist trying to stymie the new prez at every turn, and Janet MacLachlan is very good as the concerned daughter whose natural opposition to the Oval Office has her torn over her dad's new presence there.