When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
as Douglass Dilman
as Jim Talley
as Senator Watson
as Noah Calvin
as Arthur Eaton
as Kay Eaton
as Robert Wheeler
as Wanda
as Wheeler's Lawyer
as Hugh Gaynor
as South African Consul
as Webson
as Ma Blore
as Jack Benny
as Secret Service Man
as Congressman Hand
as Gilbert
as Chief Justice Williams
as Reverend Otis Waldren
as Mrs. Smelker
as Haley
as Pierce
as Press Secretary
as Congressman Walding
as Congressman Steller
as Congressman Eckworth
as Congressman Parmel
as Howard K. Smith
as Self
