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.

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Cast

• 
  Joan Allen

  Laine Hanson
• 
  Gary Oldman

  Shelly Runyon
• 
  Jeff Bridges

  President Jackson Evans
• 
  Christian Slater

  Reginald Webster
• 
  Sam Elliott

  Kermit Newman
• 
  William L. Petersen

  Jack Hathaway

Crew

• Director · Rod Lurie
• Producer · Willi Bär
• Producer · Douglas Urbanski
• Producer · Marc Frydman
• Producer · James Spies