The Contender (2000)
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
- Saul Rubinek — Jerry Tolliver
- Philip Baker Hall — Oscar Billings
- Robin Thomas — William Hanson
- Kathryn Morris — Paige Willomina
- Mike Binder — Lewis Hollis
- Kristen Shaw — Fiona Hathaway
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