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COMEDY

DRAMA

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.

name	character
Peter Boyle	Marvin Lucas
Karen Carlson	Nancy McKay
Melvyn Douglas	John J. McKay
Allen Garfield	Klein
Michael Lerner	Paul Corliss
Don Porter	Senator Crocker Jarmon
Quinn K. Redeker	Rick Jenkin
Robert Redford	Bill McKay
Morgan Upton	Wally Henderson
Natalie Wood	Natalie Wood

name
Walter Coblenz	producer
Jeremy Larner	screenplay
Michael Ritchie	director
John Rubinstein	composer

year	award	category	name
1972	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Jeremy Larner