The Contender — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Directed by Rod Lurie

• Joan Allen
  as Laine Hanson
• Gary Oldman
  as Shelly Runyon
• Jeff Bridges
  as President Jackson Evans
• Christian Slater
  as Reginald Webster
• Sam Elliott
  as Kermit Newman
• William L. Petersen
  as Jack Hathaway