
The Man
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.
Release Date: 1972-07-19
Drama
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Casts

James Earl Jones
as Douglass Dilman

Martin Balsam
as Jim Talley

Burgess Meredith
as Senator Watson

Lew Ayres
as Noah Calvin

William Windom
as Arthur Eaton

Barbara Rush
as Kay Eaton

Georg Stanford Brown
as Robert Wheeler

Janet MacLachlan
as Wanda

Martin E. Brooks
as Wheeler's Lawyer

Simon Scott
as Hugh Gaynor