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The Contender

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Thriller

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.

Date: 10/13/2000

Rating: 6.7

Cast: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Mike Binder, Robin Thomas, Kathryn Morris, Kristen Shaw, Douglas Urbanski, Noah Fryrear, Angelica Page, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Kevin Geer, Doug Roberts, Mariel Hemingway, Bev Appleton, Sandra Register, Anthony Booth, Andrew Boothby, Irene Ziegler, Del Driver, Sean Pratt, Bill Bevins, Ed Sala, Kirk Penberthy, Justin Dray, David Laubacher, David Bridgewater, Kevin Grantz, Michael Kennedy, David Londoner, Larry King, Amit Mehta, Catherine Shaffner, Liz Marks, Sherri Richmond, Teresa Jones, Lynn West, Heather Rosbeck, Dawn Westbrook, Jolene Carroll, Michael Goodwin, Ashly Covington, Cynthia Webb, Caryn Mower, Robert Shepherd, Denis Maloney, Lucas N. Hall

Joan Allen