Summary
The Best Man is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1964,
directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
The film stars Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton and Shelley Berman.
It has also been released under the title: Gore Vidal’s The Best Man.
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Credits
- Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
- Script: Gore Vidal
- Photo: Haskell Wexler
- Music: Mort Lindsey
- 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 (Herself), Howard K. Smith (Himself), John Henry Faulk (Gov. T.T. Claypoole), Richard Arlen (Sen. Oscar Anderson), Penny Singleton (Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)), George Kirgo (Speechwriter), George Furth (Tom), Ann Newman-Mantee (Janet), Mary Lawrence (Mrs. Merwin), H.E. West (Sen. Lazarus), Michael MacDonald (Zealot), William R. Ebersol (Gov. John Merwin), Natalie Masters (Mrs. Anderson), Marie Blake (Cleaning woman), Bill Stout (Himself, Bill Stout), Tyler McVey (Chairman), Sherwood Keith (Doctor), Billy Beck, Jack Daly (Photographer), Sam Harris (Extra), William Henry (Reporter), John Indrisano (Mafia Man), Ray Kellogg (Reporter), Colin Kenny (Extra), Mike Lally (Extra), Byron Morrow (Master of Ceremonies at Banquet), Gene Roth (Pennsylvania Delegate), Mark Russell (Extra), Sara Taft (Mrs. Cantwell, Joe’s Mother), Arthur Tovey (Extra at Political Banquet), Gore Vidal (Delegate)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 102 min; B&W
- Aka: Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
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