Overview

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.

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Cast

James Earl Jones

Douglass Dilman

Martin Balsam

Jim Talley

Burgess Meredith

Senator Watson

Lew Ayres

Noah Calvin

William Windom

Arthur Eaton

Barbara Rush

Kay Eaton

Georg Stanford Brown

Robert Wheeler

Janet MacLachlan

Wanda

Martin E. Brooks

Wheeler's Lawyer

Simon Scott

Hugh Gaynor

Patric Knowles

South African Consul

Robert DoQui

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