Power (1986)

More seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price.

Movie · Drama · 1h 51m · Rated 5.8/10 on TMDB · Released January 31, 1986

Overview

Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Cast

• Richard Gere as Pete St. John
• Denzel Washington as Arnold Billings
• Gene Hackman as Wilfred Buckley
• Julie Christie as Ellen Freeman
• Kate Capshaw as Sydney Betterman
• E.G. Marshall as Senator Sam Hastings
• J.T. Walsh as Jerome Cade
• Beatrice Straight as Claire Hastings
• Fritz Weaver as Wallace Furman
• E. Katherine Kerr as Irene Furman
• Michael Learned as Gov. Andrea Stannard
• Omar Torres as Roberto Cepeda

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