The President of America and the Speaker of the House are killed in the collapse of a cathedral while on a visit to Europe. The Vice-President (Lew Ayres) declines the office due to age and ill-health, leaving Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) – an unexpected fourth-in-line – who suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office.
The Man was originally filmed as part of ABC’s popular Movie Of The Week television series but was re-edited into a 93 minute, 35 mm theatrical print which received a limited release in cinemas by Paramount Pictures in July 1972.
Douglass Dilman
James Earl Jones Jim Talley
Martin Balsam Senator Watson
Burgess Meredith Noah Calvin
Lew Ayres Arthur Eaton
William Windom Kay Eaton
Barbara Rush Robert Wheeler
Georg Stanford Brown Wanda
Janet MacLachlan Wheeler’s Lawyer
Martin Brooks Hugh Gaynor
Simon Scott South African Consul
Patric Knowles Webson
Robert DoQui Ma Blore
Anne Seymour Secret Service Man
Edward Faulkner Congressman Hand
Gilbert Green
Director
Joseph Sargent
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