The Contender (2000)
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.
Drama
Thriller
Cast & Crew
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
Doug Roberts
Congressman Harding
Mariel Hemingway
Cynthia Lee
Anthony Booth
Peter Crenshaw
Irene Ziegler
Maggie Runyon
Justin Dray
Stagehand
Larry King
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)
Rod Lurie
Director
Rod Lurie
Writer
Marc Frydman, Douglas Urbanski, Willi Bär, James Spies
Producer
Rainer Bienger, Gary Oldman, Maurice Leblond
Executive Producer
