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The Contender

Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.

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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.

  • Release date
  • October 13, 2000
  • Runtime
  • 126 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, Thriller
  • Director
  • Rod Lurie

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Joan Allen photo Joan Allen Laine Hanson Gary Oldman photo Gary Oldman Shelly Runyon Jeff Bridges photo Jeff Bridges President Jackson Evans Christian Slater photo Christian Slater Reginald Webster Sam Elliott photo Sam Elliott Kermit Newman William L. Petersen photo William L. Petersen Jack Hathaway Saul Rubinek photo Saul Rubinek Jerry Tolliver Philip Baker Hall photo Philip Baker Hall Oscar Billings

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