The Man 1972
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Man (1972, USA) is a Political-Drama film directed by Joseph Sargent.
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Main Details
- Released on July 19, 1972
- Color
- Running time: 93 minutes
- Production Co.: ABC Circle Films | Lorimar Productions
- Distribution Co.: Paramount Pictures
- Directed by Joseph Sargent
- Written by Rod Serling (story and screenplay), from the novel by Irving Wallace
- Starring: James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith
Plot Summary
- An African-American senator becomes the designated survivor of a tragic accident that kills the President of the United States. Now the first black President, he attempts to end the bigotry and divide standing in his way.
Taglines
- It took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident.
- The First Black President of the United States. First They Swore Him In. Then They Swore to Get Him.
- Fate thrust him into the biggest job in the world...President of the United States. Now he wonders if he's big enough to do it.