Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
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Michael Douglas | Andrew Shepherd |
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Annette Bening | Sydney Ellen Wade |
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Martin Sheen | A.J. MacInerney |
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Michael J. Fox | Lewis Rothschild |
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Anna Deavere Smith | Robin McCall |
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Samantha Mathis | Janie Basdin |
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Shawna Waldron | Lucy Shepherd |
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David Paymer | Leon Kodak |
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Anne Haney | Mrs. Chapil |
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Richard Dreyfuss | Senator Rumson |
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Nina Siemaszko | Beth Wade |
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Wendie Malick | Susan Sloan |
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Beau Billingslea | Agent Cooper |
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Gail Strickland | Esther MacInerney |
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Joshua Malina | David |
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Clement Von Franckenstein | President D'Astier |
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Efrat Lavie | Madame D'Astier |
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John Mahoney | Leo Solomon |
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Taylor Nichols | Stu |
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John Mahon | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs |
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Tom Dahlgren | Defense Secretary |
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Ralph Meyering Jr. | General |
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Kurt Boesen | Security Advisor |
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Joseph Latimore | Secret Service Agent |
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Darryl Alan Reed | Secret Service Agent |
Director | Rob Reiner |
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Writer | Aaron Sorkin | |
Producer | Barbara Maltby, Charles Newirth, Rob Reiner, Jeffrey Stott | |
Musician | Marc Shaiman | |
Photography | John Seale |