Cast
- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd
- Annette Bening as Sydney Ellen Wade
- Martin Sheen as A.J. MacInerney, White House Chief of Staff
- Michael J. Fox as Lewis Rothschild, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
- Anna Deavere Smith as Robin McCall, White House Press Secretary
- Samantha Mathis as Jane Basdin, Personal Aide to the President
- Shawna Waldron as Lucy Shepherd, the president's daughter
- David Paymer as Leon Kodak, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
- Anne Haney as Mrs. Chapil, Secretary to the President of the United States
- Richard Dreyfuss as Senator Bob Rumson (R-KS)
- Nina Siemaszko as Beth Wade, Sydney's sister
- Wendie Malick as Susan Sloan
- Beau Billingslea as Special Agent Cooper, United States Secret Service
- Gail Strickland as Esther MacInerney
- Joshua Malina as David
- John Mahoney as Leo Solomon
- Taylor Nichols as Stu
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