The Contender
“Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.”
20002h 6mDrama · Thriller
Released
October 13, 2000
TMDB Score
67% match · 275 votes
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About the Movie
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.
DirectorRod Lurie
- Released
- October 13, 2000
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $22.4M
- Studios
- Cinerenta, Cinecontender Internationale, Battleplan Productions
Top Billed Cast
Joan Allen
Laine Hanson
Gary Oldman
Shelly Runyon
Jeff Bridges
President Jackson Evans
Christian Slater
Reginald Webster
Sam Elliott
Kermit Newman
William L. Petersen
Jack Hathaway
Saul Rubinek
Jerry Tolliver
Philip Baker Hall
Oscar Billings
Robin Thomas
William Hanson
Kathryn Morris
Paige Willomina
Mike Binder
Lewis Hollis
Kristen Shaw
Fiona Hathaway
Douglas Urbanski
Makerowitz
Noah Fryrear
Timmy
Angelica Page
Dierdra
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Paul Smith
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