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    The Candidate

    PG1972 · Comedy drama · 1h 50m

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  1. 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 ...

  2. Aug 5, 1972 · A lawyer runs for the U.S. Senate as a joke, but soon becomes a serious contender. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-winning film.

    • (12K)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Michael Ritchie
    • 1972-08-05
  3. A young lawyer (Robert Redford) runs for the U.S. Senate as a protest candidate, but his idealism is challenged by the political process and his own ambition. IMDb provides four different plot summaries and a tagline for this Oscar-winning political drama.

  4. Jul 8, 2014 · 288K subscribers. 359. 65K views 9 years ago. OSCAR WINNER:Best Original ScreenplayMore powerful today than at the time of its 1972 release, The Candidate is a timeless tale of contemporary...

    • Jul 8, 2014
    • 66.8K
    • Warner Bros.
  5. Without a candidate to run for the senate seat against admired Republican Crocker Jarmon (Don Porter), campaign manager Marvin Lucas (Peter Boyle) recruits leftist lawyer Bill McKay (Robert...

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    • Michael Ritchie
    • PG
    • Robert Redford
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  7. Jun 29, 2018 · June 29, 2018 7:08am. Photofest. On June 29, 1972, Warner Bros. hosted the world premiere of Robert Redford’s political drama The Candidate at Sutton Theater in New York. The film went on to be...

  8. About this movie. arrow_forward. Superstar Robert Redford (Up Close and Personal, Indecent Proposal) stars as a young, aggressive lawyer seduced into a political race against a well-respected...

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