The Contender

Release date: 10/13/2000

Budget: $20,000,000

Revenue: $22,428,990

Genres:

Drama, Thriller

Countries:

Germany
United Kingdom
United States of America

Rating:

6.7

Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.

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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Actors

Joan Allen

Laine Hanson

Gary Oldman

Shelly Runyon

Jeff Bridges

President Jackson Evans

Christian Slater

Reginald Webster

Sam Elliott

Kermit Newman

William Petersen

Jack Hathaway

Saul Rubinek

Jerry Tolliver

Philip Baker Hall

Oscar Billings

Mike Binder

Lewis Hollis

Robin Thomas

William Hanson

Kathryn Morris

Paige Willomina

Kristen Shaw

Fiona Hathaway

Douglas Urbanski

Makerowitz

Angelica Page

Dierdra

Joseph Lyle Taylor

Paul Smith

Kevin Geer

Congressman Skakle

Mariel Hemingway

Cynthia Lee

Anthony Booth

Peter Crenshaw

Irene Ziegler

Maggie Runyon

Justin Dray

Stagehand

Larry King

Teresa Jones

Reporter

Michael Goodwin

Reporter

Ashly Covington

Aide (uncredited)

Caryn Mower

Drowning Victim (uncredited)

Robert Shepherd

Congressman (uncredited)

Lucas N. Hall

Congressional Aid (uncredited)

The Contender

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