When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
Director
Joseph Sargent
James Earl Jones
Douglass Dilman
Martin Balsam
Jim Talley
Burgess Meredith
Senator Watson
Lew Ayres
Noah Calvin
William Windom
Arthur Eaton
Barbara Rush
Kay Eaton
Georg Stanford Brown
Robert Wheeler
Janet MacLachlan
Wanda
Martin E. Brooks
Wheeler's Lawyer
Simon Scott
Hugh Gaynor
Patric Knowles
South African Consul
Robert DoQui
Webson
Anne Seymour
Ma Blore
Jack Benny
Jack Benny
Edward Faulkner
Secret Service Man
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