The Man (1972)
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.
Director:
Joseph Sargent
Writer:
Rod Serling
 |
James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman |
 |
Martin Balsam as Jim Talley |
 |
Burgess Meredith as Senator Watson |
 |
Lew Ayres as Noah Calvin |
 |
William Windom as Arthur Eaton |
 |
Barbara Rush as Kay Eaton |
 |
Georg Stanford Brown as Robert Wheeler |
 |
Janet MacLachlan as Wanda |
 |
Martin E. Brooks as Wheeler's Lawyer |
 |
Simon Scott as Hugh Gaynor |
 |
Patric Knowles as South African Consul |
 |
Robert DoQui as Webson |
 |
Anne Seymour as Ma Blore |
 |
Jack Benny as Jack Benny |
 |
Edward Faulkner as Secret Service Man |
 |
Gilbert Green as Congressman Hand |
 |
Lew Brown as Gilbert |
 |
Philip Bourneuf as Chief Justice Williams |
|
Reginald Fenderson as Reverend Otis Waldren |
|
Elizabeth Ross as Mrs. Smelker |
 |
Barry Russo as Haley |
 |
Garry Walberg as Pierce |
 |
Ted Hartley as Press Secretary |
 |
Charles Lampkin as Congressman Walding |
 |
Lawrence Cook as Congressman Steller |
|
Vince Howard as Congressman Eckworth |
 |
Leonard Stone as Congressman Parmel |
 |
Howard K. Smith as Howard K. Smith |
|
Bill Lawrence as Self |
| Production | Hoyt Bowers | Casting |
| Production | Lee Rich | Producer |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Writing | Irving Wallace | Novel |
| Art | James Hulsey | Art Direction |
| Camera | Edward Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Rod Serling | Screenplay |
| Editing | George Jay Nicholson | Editor |
| Lighting | John Isaacs | Gaffer |
