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The Man

6.519721h 33mGMovieDrama

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…

DirectorJoseph Sargent
WriterRod Serling
ProducerLee Rich

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Cast · Directed by Joseph Sargent

JJJames Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Douglass Dilman
MBMartin Balsam
Martin Balsam
Jim Talley
BMBurgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
Senator Watson
LALew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Noah Calvin
WWWilliam Windom
William Windom
Arthur Eaton
BRBarbara Rush
Barbara Rush
Kay Eaton
GBGeorg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown
Robert Wheeler
JMJanet MacLachlan
Janet MacLachlan
Wanda
MBMartin E. Brooks
Martin E. Brooks
Wheeler's Lawyer
SSSimon Scott
Simon Scott
Hugh Gaynor
PKPatric Knowles
Patric Knowles
South African Consul
RDRobert DoQui
Robert DoQui
Webson

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