The Best Man

Overview

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

Details

Cast

Henry Fonda

William Russell

Cliff Robertson

Joe Cantwell

Edie Adams

Mabel Cantwell

Margaret Leighton

Alice Russell

Shelley Berman

Sheldon Bascomb

Lee Tracy

President Art Hockstader

Ann Sothern

Sue Ellen Gamadge

Gene Raymond

Don Cantwell

Kevin McCarthy

Dick Jensen

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith

John Henry Faulk

Gov. T.T. Claypoole

Richard Arlen

Sen. Oscar Anderson

Penny Singleton

Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)

George Kirgo

Speechwriter

George Furth

Tom

Anne Newman Bacal

Janet (as Anne Newman)

Mary Lawrence

Mrs. Merwin

H.E. West

Sen. Lazarus

Michael MacDonald

Zealot