Overview - The Contender

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Thriller

Runtime: 126 minutes

Homepage: The Contender

Budget

$20,000,000.00

Revenue

$22,428,990.00

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Deutsch

Production companies

  • Name: Cinerenta

    Production country Germany

  • Name: Cinecontender Internationale

    Production country Germany

  • Name: Battleplan Productions

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: SE8 Group

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: DreamWorks Pictures

    Production country United States of America

Overview

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

  • Name: Joan Allen

    Character: Laine Hanson

    Popularity: 17.112

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  • Name: Gary Oldman

    Character: Shelly Runyon

    Popularity: 225.161

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  • Name: Jeff Bridges

    Character: President Jackson Evans

    Popularity: 37.041

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  • Name: Christian Slater

    Character: Reginald Webster

    Popularity: 30.93

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  • Name: Sam Elliott

    Character: Kermit Newman

    Popularity: 50.015

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  • Name: William Petersen

    Character: Jack Hathaway

    Popularity: 7.278

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  • Name: Saul Rubinek

    Character: Jerry Tolliver

    Popularity: 7.006

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  • Name: Philip Baker Hall

    Character: Oscar Billings

    Popularity: 7.097

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