The Best Man

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.

• Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector
• Gore VidalScreenplay
• Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer

• 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