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The Contender

“Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.”

October 13, 20002h 6m
DramaThriller

67%

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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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