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The Contender

Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.

Rating 6.7 / 10Release October 13, 2000Runtime 126 min

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.

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