Directed by:
Michael RitchieScreenplay:
Jeremy LarnerCinematography:
Victor J. KemperComposer:
John RubinsteinCast:
Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter, Allen Garfield, Karen Carlson, Michael Lerner, Kenneth Tobey, Broderick Crawford, Lee Stanley (more)VOD (1)
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Bill McKay (Robert Redford), an idealistic young lawyer and son of a famous governor, is pressured into running for the United States Senate against the popular incumbent, with the assurance that he will lose and not have to give up his integrity or ideals. However, as the campaign deepens, he finds himself giving in, allowing himself to be manipulated as the polls slowly change and swing in his favor. Soon his backers decide that they want him to win after all. By the time Election Day arrives, McKay has become the person that he used to speak so vehemently against. (official distributor synopsis)
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