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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Engrossing if flawed:

The late Michael Ritchie was a criminally underrated director and 1972's The Candidate remains probably his best known film. Designed to serve as a primer for liberal political candidates, The Candidate tells the story of Bill McKay (Robert Redford), a young activist lawyer who is recruited by a slightly sleazy campaign manager (Peter Boyle) to run for the U.S. Senate against a conservative Republican incumbent (Don Porter, better known as Gidget's Dad). After overcoming his initial hesitations, McKay... more info

CULT MOVIES 12:

12. THE CANDIDATE (drama, 1972) Lawyer Bill McKaye (Robert Redford) heads his own public law firm. He's an idealistic man who comes from a wealthy-political family. Marvin Lucas (Peter Boyle) heads a political committee looking for a 'young, fresh face' to go up against the present Senator of California, Croker Jarmon (an old And experienced war-horse). Lucas believes that McKaye has the potential to upset the Senator in the next elections. Though McKaye he hates the political arena (one of the reasons he... more info

EXCELLENT POLITICAL FLICK:

Robert Redford was behind the entertaining political movie "The Candidate" (1972), which goes a long way towards explaining how the game works. This film is really not a liberal one, which is what makes it worthwhile even after 30 years. It is supposed to be based on Edmund "Jerry" Brown, former California Governor Pat Brown's son. Jerry Brown at the time was a youthful Secretary of State who would go one to two terms as Governor. He was a new kind of pol, attractive, a bit of swinger who dated rock star... more info

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