---
title: 'The Candidate (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Ritchie'
released: '1972-06-29'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-candidate-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068334/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Candidate (1972)

1972 · 108 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Candidate is a 1972 American political comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle, and directed by Michael Ritchie. The Academy Award–winning screenplay, which examines the various facets and machinations involved in political campaigns, was written by Jeremy Larner, a speechwriter for Democratic senator Eugene McCarthy during McCarthy's campaign for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Ritchie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ritchie)
- **Screenplay:** [Jeremy Larner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-larner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Rubinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rubinstein)
- **Producer:** [Walter Coblenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-coblenz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor J. Kemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-j-kemper), [John Korty](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-korty)
- **Editor:** [Robert Estrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-estrin)

## Cast

- [Melvyn Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvyn-douglas)
- [Kenneth Tobey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-tobey)
- [Robert Redford](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-redford)
- [Quinn Redeker](https://cinepixo.com/people/quinn-redeker)
- [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle)
- [Natalie Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-wood)
- [Karen Carlson](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-carlson)
- [Don Porter](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-porter)
- [Allen Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-garfield)
- [Michael Lerner](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-lerner)

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