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The Best Man

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Henry Fonda
Cliff Robertson Edie Adams
Margaret Lcighton
Shelley Berman , Lee Tracy and Ann Sothern
William Russell and Senator Joe Cantwell are rival candidates for their party's Presidentia.1 nomination. All one of them needs is the endorsement of the dying ex-President to win the party ticket. This brilliantly witty study of the behind-the-scenes struggles in American politics was adapted by Gore Vidal from his own successful stage play.
Producers STUART MILLAR and LAWRENCE TURMAN
Director FRANKLIN SCHAFFNER

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Fonda
Unknown:
Cliff Robertson
Unknown:
Edie Adams
Unknown:
Margaret Lcighton
Unknown:
Shelley Berman
Unknown:
Lee Tracy
Unknown:
Ann Sothern
Unknown:
William Russell
Unknown:
Joe Cantwell
Adapted By:
Gore Vidal
Producers:
Stuart Millar
Producers:
Lawrence Turman
Director:
Franklin Schaffner
William Russell:
Henry Fonda
Joe Cantwell:
Cliff Robertson
Mabel Cantwell:
Edie Adams
Alice Russell:
Margaret Leighton
Sheldon Bascomb:
Shelley Berman
Art Hockstader:
Lee Tracy
Mrs Gamadge:
Ann Sothern
Don Cantwell:
Gene Raymond
Dick Jensen:
Kevin McCarthy
Mahalia Jackson:
Herself
Howard K Smith:
Himself
T T Claypoole:
John Henry Faulk
Oscar Anderson:
Richard Arlen
Mrs Claypoole:
Penny Singleton
Source: Radio Times

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