The Contender

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

• Rod LurieDirector
• Larry GroupéOriginal Music Composer
• Rod LurieWriter

• Joan AllenLaine Hanson
• Gary OldmanShelly Runyon
• Jeff BridgesPresident Jackson Evans
• Christian SlaterReginald Webster
• Sam ElliottKermit Newman
• William L. PetersenJack Hathaway
• Saul RubinekJerry Tolliver
• Philip Baker HallOscar Billings
• Robin ThomasWilliam Hanson
• Kathryn MorrisPaige Willomina
• Mike BinderLewis Hollis
• Kristen ShawFiona Hathaway