The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 791 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
45 audience votes
Key crew
- Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector
- Gore VidalScreenplay
- Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Henry FondaWilliam Russell
- Cliff RobertsonJoe Cantwell
- Edie AdamsMabel Cantwell
- Margaret LeightonAlice Russell
- Shelley BermanSheldon Bascomb
- Lee TracyPresident Art Hockstader
- Ann SothernSue Ellen Gamadge
- Gene RaymondDon Cantwell
- Kevin McCarthyDick Jensen
- Mahalia JacksonMahalia Jackson
- Howard K. SmithHoward K. Smith
- John Henry FaulkGov. T.T. Claypoole
Stills
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Themes
election campaignpresidential electionpoliticsbased on play or musicallos angeles, californiacorrupt politicianex-president
The Best Movies of 1964
The Best Man is #11 of 60
