The Contender(2000)

movie - first aired/released 2000-10-13 - 126 min - audience 6.7

Drama, Thriller

Directed by Rod Lurie

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.