Bill McKay - Der Kandidat (1972)
Der idealistische kalifornische Anwalt Bill McKay wird von Vertretern der Demokratischen Partei dazu überredet, sich bei der Senatorenwahl als Kandidat für die Partei aufstellen zu lassen. Im Glauben, er können die Kampagne nach seinen eigenen Ideen gestalten, willigt er ein. Doch schon bald muss er erkennen, dass Wahlkampfmanager Marvin Lucas ganz andere Vorstellungen hat. Bill sieht sich gezwungen, mehr und mehr Kompromisse einzugehen, wenn er eine Chance haben will zu gewinnen.
Der Regisseur: Michael Ritchie
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Robert Redford as Bill McKay |
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Peter Boyle as Marvin Lucas |
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Melvyn Douglas as John J. McKay |
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Don Porter as Senator Crocker Jarmon |
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Allen Garfield as Klein |
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Karen Carlson as Nancy McKay |
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Quinn K. Redeker as Rick Jenkin |
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Morgan Upton as Wally Henderson |
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Michael Lerner as Paul Corliss |
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Kenneth Tobey as Floyd J. Starkey |
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Christopher Pray as David |
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Joe Miksak as Neil Atkinson |
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Jenny Sullivan as Lynn |
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Tom Dahlgren as Pilot |
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Gerald Hiken as Station Manager |
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Leslie Allen as Mabel |
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Jason Goodrow as Boy in the Commercial |
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Robert De Anda as Jaime |
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Robert Goldsby as Fleischer |
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Mike Barnicle as Wilson |
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Natalie Wood as Natalie Wood |
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Fred R. Harris as Sen. Fred Harris |
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Beans Morocco as |
| Directing | Michael Ritchie | Director |
| Editing | Marcia Lucas | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | John Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Victor J. Kemper | Director of Photography |
| Production | Walter Coblenz | Producer |
| Production | Robert Redford | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nelson Rising | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Robert Estrin | Editor |
| Editing | Richard A. Harris | Editor |
| Production | Hoyt Bowers | Casting |
| Art | Gene Callahan | Production Design |
| Art | Patrizia von Brandenstein | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Norris | Costume Design |
| Sound | Gene S. Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Portman | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Jeremy Larner | Writer |