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