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The Candidate is an American film first released in 1972,
directed by Michael Ritchie.
The film stars Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter and Allen Garfield.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Michael Ritchie
- Script: Jeremy Larner
- Photo: Victor J. Kemper, John Korty
- Music: John Rubinstein
- Cast: Robert Redford (Bill McKay), Peter Boyle (Marvin Lucas), Melvyn Douglas (John J. McKay), Don Porter (Senator Crocker Jarmon), Allen Garfield (Klein), Karen Carlson (Nancy McKay), Quinn K. Redeker (Rick Jenkin), Morgan Upton (Wally Henderson), Michael Lerner (Paul Corliss), Kenneth Tobey (Floyd J. Starkey), Chris Prey (David), Joe Miksak (Neil Atkinson), Jenny Sullivan (Lynn), Tom Dahlgren (Pilot), Gerald Hiken (Station Manager), Jason Goodrow (Boy in commercial), Robert De Anda (Jaime), Robert Goldsby (Fleischer), Mike Barnicle (Wilson), Lois Foraker (Large girl), David Moody (Watts Heckler), George Meyer (Man in Urinal), Dudley Knight (Magazine Editor), Fred L. Van Amburg (Himself (ABC)), Richard Bergholtz (Himself), Jesse Birnbaum (Himself), Ken Cory (Himself), Alan Cranston (Himself), Judy Fayard (Herself), Leslie Allen (Mabel), Mark Anger, Gene S. Cantamessa, Susan Demott (Groupie), Maury Green (Himself), Cedrick Hardman (Himself), Hubert H. Humphrey (Himself), Lu Hurley (Himself), Ken Jones (Himself), Walter Krabien (Himself), Grover Lewis (Himself), Gary Liddiard, George McGovern (Himself), Terence McGovern (Himself), Robert Moretti (Himself), Harvey Orkin (Himself), Julie Payne (Woman), Dick Poston, Rollin Post (Himself), Nelson Rising, Elsie Ritchie, Howard K. Smith (Himself (ABC)), Bill Stout (Himself (CSS)), Barry Sullivan (Voice of McKay, Narrator), John V. Tunney (Himself), Jesse M. Unruh (Himself), Jerome Waldie (Himself), Ward Wardman, Dick Whittington (Himself), Natalie Wood (Herself), Sam Yorty (Himself), Bruce Chesse (Mr. Rich), Broderick Crawford (Voice of Jarmon, Narrator), Pat Harrington Jr. (Dinner MC), Groucho Marx (Himself), Lee Stanley (McKay’s High School Friend), Stanley Tretick (Photographer), Mike Wallace (Himself (on TV))
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 110 min
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