The Best Man

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film political drama film

The Best Man is a 1964 American political drama film, written by Gore Vidal, that explores the ruthless maneuvering and moral compromises of candidates vying for their party’s presidential nomination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
political drama film ⓘ
basedOn The Best Man (play) ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Gore Vidal ⓘ
cinematographyBy Haskell B. Boggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Franklin J. Schaffner ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy F. Aaron Greenberg ⓘ
era 1960s American cinema ⓘ
featuresCharacter former president as power broker ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Art Hockstader ⓘ
Joe Cantwell ⓘ
William Russell ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Morton Stevens ⓘ
narrativeFocus presidential nomination campaign ⓘ
notableFor depiction of U.S. party conventions ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Lawrence Turman ⓘ
Stuart Millar ⓘ
productionCompany United Artists ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-04-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 1964 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenplayAdaptationOf stage play ⓘ
screenwriter Gore Vidal ⓘ
setIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
starredActor Ann Sothern ⓘ
Cliff Robertson ⓘ
Edie Adams ⓘ
Gene Raymond ⓘ
Henry Fonda ⓘ
Kevin McCarthy ⓘ
Lee Tracy ⓘ
Margaret Leighton ⓘ
Shelley Berman ⓘ
theme moral compromise in politics ⓘ
political ethics ⓘ
ruthless political maneuvering ⓘ
title The Best Man ⓘ
writtenBy Gore Vidal ⓘ

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Franklin J. Schaffner → directed → The Best Man ⓘ
David Susskind → notableWork → The Best Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Best Man (1964 film)
Ring Lardner Jr. → notableWork → The Best Man ⓘ
Florence Eldridge → notableWork → The Best Man ⓘ
John Gay → notableWork → The Best Man ⓘ