It took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident.
1972 · G · 1h 33m · Drama
Genres: Drama

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office.
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writers: Irving Wallace, Rod Serling
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography: Edward Rosson
Editor: George Jay Nicholson