The Best Man (1964)

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Written by Gore Vidal

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1964

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Peter and Michael are best friends who share a dark secret that binds them together in an obsessive, destructive relationship. Then Kate arrives on the scene and unwittingly comes between the pair when she falls in love with Michael after they meet in a psychiatric rehabilitation centre. But why is Peter so furious that Michael has found his soul mate? And why does he follow the newlyweds on honeymoon after acting as best man at their wedding? When the mysterious events of the past start to impinge on the present, Kate finds herself confronting the secrets of Peter and Michael's relationship. And what she discovers is truly terrifying...

When is The Best Man next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on BBC Entertainment Tonight, 8:35pm and on BBC Entertainment Tomorrow, 1:10am. See more...

Cast

Image for Henry FondaHenry FondaWilliam Russell
Cliff RobertsonJoe Cantwell
Edie AdamsMabel Cantwell
Margaret LeightonAlice Russell
Shelley BermanSheldon Bascomb
Lee TracyPresident Art Hockstader
Ann SothernSue Ellen Gamadge
Gene RaymondDon Cantwell
Image for Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyDick Jensen
Mahalia JacksonHerself
Howard K. SmithHimself
John Henry FaulkGov. T.T. Claypoole
Richard ArlenSen. Oscar Anderson
Penny SingletonMrs. Claypoole
George KirgoSpeechwriter

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