The Man
It took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident.
1972 | 93m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Joseph Sargent |
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| Writer: | Rod Serling, Irving Wallace |
| Staring: |
| When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 19, 1972 |
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| Director: | Joseph Sargent |
| Writer: | Rod Serling, Irving Wallace |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | usa president, senator |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Motion Pictures, ABC Circle Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Earl Jones | Douglass Dilman |
| Martin Balsam | Jim Talley |
| Burgess Meredith | Senator Watson |
| Lew Ayres | Noah Calvin |
| William Windom | Arthur Eaton |
| Barbara Rush | Kay Eaton |
| Georg Stanford Brown | Robert Wheeler |
| Janet MacLachlan | Wanda |
| Martin E. Brooks | Wheeler's Lawyer |
| Simon Scott | Hugh Gaynor |
| Patric Knowles | South African Consul |
| Robert DoQui | Webson |
| Anne Seymour | Ma Blore |
| Jack Benny | Jack Benny |
| Edward Faulkner | Secret Service Man |
| Gilbert Green | Congressman Hand |
| Lew Brown | Gilbert |
| Philip Bourneuf | Chief Justice Williams |
| Reginald Fenderson | Reverend Otis Waldren |
| Elizabeth Ross | Mrs. Smelker |
| Barry Russo | Haley |
| Garry Walberg | Pierce |
| Ted Hartley | Press Secretary |
| Charles Lampkin | Congressman Walding |
| Lawrence Cook | Congressman Steller |
| Vince Howard | Congressman Eckworth |
| Leonard Stone | Congressman Parmel |
| Howard K. Smith | Howard K. Smith |
| Bill Lawrence | Self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Rod Serling | Screenplay |
| Irving Wallace | Novel |
| Edward Rosson | Director of Photography |
| George Jay Nicholson | Editor |
| James Hulsey | Art Direction |
| Hoyt Bowers | Casting |
| John Isaacs | Gaffer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lee Rich | Producer |
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