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The Candidate

Cast

Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter View All

Crew

Michael Ritchie (Director), Jeremy Larner (Screenplay) View All

Release: Jun. 29th, 1972

Runtime: 1 hour, 50 minutes

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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JayDee
Film trivia To help capture the realistic tone he wanted, director Michael Ritchie organised a real campaign parade for 'candidate' Robert Redford.

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Gideon58
Richie not only shows the travails of trying to train McKay to be a politician, but he also does a more than credible job showing us how this new McKay political machine works by actually giving camera time to the voters and showing us who they are getting through to, who they're not getting throug....