Henry Fonda

Cliff Robertson

Edie Adams

Margaret Leighton

Shelley Berman

Lee Tracy

Ann Sothern

Gene Raymond

Kevin McCarthy

Mahalia Jackson

Howard K. Smith

John Henry Faulk

Richard Arlen

Penny Singleton

George Kirgo

George Furth

Anne Newman Bacal

Mary Lawrence

H.E. West

Michael MacDonald

William R. Ebersol

Natalie Masters

Marie Blake

Bill Stout

Tyler McVey

Sherwood Keith

Leoda Richards

Gore Vidal

John Alban

Fred Aldrich

Leon Alton

Don Ames

David Armstrong

Billy Beck

George Bruggeman

Donald Chaffin

Dick Cherney

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Rupert Crosse

Jack Daly

George DeNormand

Kenneth Gibson

Herschel Graham

Sam Harris

Kathleen Dennis

Ben Lane

George E. Swink

Robert Johannes

Richard Mansfield

Marion Rosenberg

Max Frankel

Dorothy Jeakins

Don Hall

Robert Goodstein

Virginia Jones

Kay Thackery

Jack Solomon

Ted Tetrick

Ben Hersh

Lyle R. Wheeler

Dick Moder

Jim Henrikson

Hal Ashby

Franklin J. Schaffner

Haskell Wexler

Tom Mankiewicz

Lynn Stalmaster

Stuart Millar

Lawrence Turman

Robert Swink

Mort Lindsey

Comedy

Drama

The Best Man

United Artists

United States of America

English

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As the presidential nomination process comes to it's chaotic climax, the two leading candidates are deadlocked. The more principled "Russell" (Henry Fonda) and the more savvy "Cantwell" (Cliff Robertson) are trying to get the approval of the former president "Hockstader" (Lee Tracy) whilst the former tries to avoid the whole process becoming mired in personal issues (and back-stabbing). Like so many films that depict American political process, it presents a scenario in which it's rarely the best man who wins and the so-called "Land of the Free" proves anything but! Neither of these candidates really merit the job, it all just boils down to which is going to be prepared to scrape the bottom of the barrel and ruin the reputation of the other. Both Fonda and Robertson are on good form, but pale by comparison with the rather manipulative and scheming Tracy whom you could actually believe held high office once. The pace is good, there is plenty of intrigue and as the denouement looms, I was still never quite sure who was going to come out on top. I liked the ending, though I did feel it was just a little bit of a cop out. Almost as if Gore Vidal didn't really want to make a choice either! Nobody is all bad, nobody is all good - but is compromise always the best answer? It's good, this.

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