The Contender
Oct 13, 2000 | IMDB 6.7
126 min Watch NowDrama, Thriller
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.
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