The Contender

Name: The Contender
Director: Rod Lurie
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2000-10-13
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott

Directed by Rod Lurie

Drama

Thriller

20002h 6m6.7

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.