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Power

More seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price.
Jan 31, 1986 · 1h 51m
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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...

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CAST

Richard Gere
Pete St. John
Denzel Washington
Arnold Billings
Gene Hackman
Wilfred Buckley
Julie Christie
Ellen Freeman
Kate Capshaw
Sydney Betterman
E.G. Marshall
Senator Sam Hastings
J.T. Walsh
Jerome Cade
Beatrice Straight
Claire Hastings
Directed by Sidney Lumet

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$16,000,000
Revenue
$3,800,000
Production
Polar Entertainment, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Country
US

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