Power
1986, Film, 111 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 61
More seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price.
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
- Julie Christie as Ellen Freeman
- Gene Hackman as Wilfred Buckley
- Kate Capshaw as Sydney Betterman
- Denzel Washington as Arnold Billings
- E.G. Marshall as Senator Sam Hastings
- Beatrice Straight as Claire Hastings
- Fritz Weaver as Wallace Furman
- Michael Learned as Governor Andrea Stannard
- J.T. Walsh as Jerome Cade
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