The Alcoa Hour The President (Season 1, Episode 16)
TV Episode | Drama

The Alcoa Hour

The President (Season 1, Episode 16)

TV Episode | Drama

Paul Westman, a candidate for president of the United States, is faced with an ethical tug-of-war over whether to offer a patronage job to a party boss in return for votes assuring the nomination. Westman grows more and more entangled in ...See morePaul Westman, a candidate for president of the United States, is faced with an ethical tug-of-war over whether to offer a patronage job to a party boss in return for votes assuring the nomination. Westman grows more and more entangled in compromise until he defends an aide charged with having Communist sympathies. Written by Paley Center for Media See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
John Boruff Actor Actor See fewer	Lights Out (1946)
Fred Clark Governor Dan Cowlin Governor Dan Cowlin See fewer	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Allen Collins Actor (as Allen F. Collins) Actor (as Allen F. Collins) See fewer	A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Robert Dryden Actor Actor See fewer	I Spy (1955)
Mildred Dunnock Grace Westman Grace Westman See fewer	The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Larry Gates Fulton Wills Fulton Wills See fewer	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Claude Rains Paul Westman Paul Westman See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Alfred Ryder Harvey Wilson Harvey Wilson See fewer	True Grit (1969)
Everett Sloane Bill Groody Bill Groody See fewer	Citizen Kane (1941)
Luis Van Rooten Foster Foster See fewer	Cinderella (1950)
David White Sully Sully See fewer	Bewitched (1964)
Howard Wierum Actor Actor See fewer	Hallmark Hall of Fame (I) (1951)