The Man

The Man

It took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident.

G 1972 · 93 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

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.

Directed by Joseph Sargent · Written by Rod Serling

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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
Simon Scott Hugh Gaynor
Patric Knowles South African Consul
Robert DoQui Webson

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