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The Candidate is a 1972 American political comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle, and directed by Michael Ritchie.
Aug 5, 1972 · The Candidate: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter. Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Michael Ritchie
- 1972-08-05
Idealistic young lawyer Bill McKay (Robert Redford), thoroughly involved with civil rights, legal aid and ecology, agrees to run for the U.S. Senate - not to win, he tells himself, but to bring vital issues before the voters.
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The Candidate is a 1972 American political comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle, and directed by Michael Ritchie. The Academy Award-winning screenplay, which examines the various facets and machinations involved in political campaigns, was written by Jeremy Larner, a speechwriter for Senator Eugene J. McCarthy during ...
- Michael Ritchie
Jan 17, 2007 · Screenwriter Jeremy Larner won an Oscar for his chronicle of the new American political process in “The Candidate,” an intelligent film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Robert Redford in one of his best dramatic roles. Made in 1972, this cynical semi-documentary expose became prophetic.
Jun 29, 2018 · The Candidate, a Redford-Ritchie production starring Robert Redford as a liberal aspirant to the U.S. Senate, and with Michael Ritchie in the director’s chair. The two had teamed before, of...
