The Man
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Barbara Rush · Burgess Meredith · Georg Stanford Brown · James Earl Jones · Janet MacLachlan · Lew Ayres · Martin Balsam · Martin E. Brooks · Simon Scott · William Windom · Joseph Sargent · Rod Serling
Studios & networks
ABC Circle Films · Lorimar Motion Pictures · Paramount Pictures