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Film

The Contender

2000·Directed by Rod Lurie

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Released
October 13, 2000
Runtime
2h 6m

About The Contender

  • Drama
  • Thriller

Synopsis

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.

Director
  • Rod Lurie
Writer
  • Rod Lurie

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Joan AllenLaine Hanson
  • Gary OldmanShelly Runyon
  • Jeff BridgesPresident Jackson Evans
Christian SlaterReginald Webster
  • Sam ElliottKermit Newman
  • William L. PetersenJack Hathaway
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