The Best Man

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.

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  Kay Thackery
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  Dick Moder
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  Franklin J. Schaffner

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  Henry Fonda
  William Russell
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  Cliff Robertson
  Joe Cantwell
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  Edie Adams
  Mabel Cantwell
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  Margaret Leighton
  Alice Russell
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  Shelley Berman
  Sheldon Bascomb
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  Lee Tracy
  President Art Hockstader
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  Ann Sothern
  Sue Ellen Gamadge
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  Gene Raymond
  Don Cantwell
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  Kevin McCarthy
  Dick Jensen
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  Mahalia Jackson
  Mahalia Jackson
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  Howard K. Smith
  Howard K. Smith
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  John Henry Faulk
  Gov. T.T. Claypoole
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  Richard Arlen
  Sen. Oscar Anderson
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  Penny Singleton
  Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)
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  George Kirgo
  Speechwriter
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  George Furth
  Tom
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  Anne Newman Bacal
  Janet (as Anne Newman)
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  Mary Lawrence
  Mrs. Merwin
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  H.E. West
  Sen. Lazarus
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  Michael MacDonald
  Zealot