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The Contender(2000)

Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.

  • October 13, 2000
  • 2 h 6 min
  • R
  • Drama, Thriller
6.7TMDB · 273 votes
6.9IMDb
76%Rotten Tomatoes
59/100Metacritic

Directed by: Rod Lurie

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

    Joan Allen

    Laine Hanson

  • Gary Oldman

    Gary Oldman

    Shelly Runyon

  • Jeff Bridges

    Jeff Bridges

    President Jackson Evans

  • Christian Slater

    Christian Slater

    Reginald Webster

  • Sam Elliott

    Sam Elliott

    Kermit Newman

  • William L. Petersen

    William L. Petersen

    Jack Hathaway

  • Saul Rubinek

    Saul Rubinek

    Jerry Tolliver

  • Philip Baker Hall

    Philip Baker Hall

    Oscar Billings

  • Robin Thomas

    Robin Thomas

    William Hanson

  • Kathryn Morris

    Kathryn Morris

    Paige Willomina

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