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Favorite Son

"Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay."

Cast

64825

Harry Hamlin

as Senator Terry Fallon

57166

Linda Kozlowski

as Sally Crain

1162

Robert Loggia

as Nick Mancuso

4251

John Mahoney

as Lou Brenner

780

Ronny Cox

as Admiral William Rieker

16213

Lance Guest

as David Ross

12521

Kenneth McMillan

as Henry O'Brien

14312

Mitchell Ryan

as Vice President Dan Eastman

1272

Richard Bradford

as Charles MacDonald

1206

Jason Alexander

as Chris Van Allen

44188

Jon Cypher

as Bartholomew Scott

9632

Fredric Lehne

as Wyckoff

13732

Richard Herd

as

91303

Randi Brooks

as

152888

Dante D'Andre

as

97944

J. Kenneth Campbell

as Thomas

1428147

Lee Kessler

as

102423

John Shearin

as

2719

Brian Thompson

as Peterson

104058

Charles Siebert

as

54864

Geno Silva

as Colonel Octavio Martinez

112917

Stepfanie Kramer

as Stevie Chandler

6577

James Whitmore

as The President

Crew

3693835

Martin Becker

Special Effects

69982

Jeff Bleckner

Director

1455425

Joe Ann Fogle

Supervising Film Editor

1482403

Steve Sohmer

Executive Producer

1482403

Steve Sohmer

Teleplay

122611

Susan Edelman

Casting

2488604

Jonathan Bernstein

Producer

1482403

Steve Sohmer

Novel

3020035

Tim Myers

Associate Producer

22029

David M. Haber

Production Designer

1803

Mary V. Buck

Casting

719

John Morris

Music

83996

Bradford May

Director of Photography

11876

Jeff Freeman

Editor