The Contender

2000 "Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot."

The Contender

6.9 | 2h6m | R | en | Drama

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.

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6.9 | 2h6m | R | en | Drama , Thriller

Synopsis

Cast

Joan Allen ,Gary Oldman ,Jeff Bridges

Director

Halina Gebarowicz

Producted By

DreamWorks Pictures , Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG

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Cast

Joan Allen

as Laine Hanson

[2021] Lisey's Story [2016] The Family [2015] Room [2014] A Good Marriage [2014] Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power [2012] The Bourne Legacy [2011] The Killing [2009] Hachi: A Dog's Tale [2008] Bonneville

Gary Oldman

as Shelly Runyon

[2024] Parthenope [2022] Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts [2022] Dracula Unearthed [2022] Slow Horses [2022] Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire [2022] Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called [2021] Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony [2021] The Woman in the Window [2021] Crisis

Jeff Bridges

as President Jackson Evans

[2022] The Old Man [2020] Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness [2019] Hal [2018] Bad Times at the El Royale [2017] Kingsman: The Golden Circle [2017] Only the Brave [2017] The Only Living Boy in New York [2016] Hell or High Water [2016] The Little Prince