The Candidate is a 1964 English-language Drama movie written by Joyce Ann Miller and Quetin Vale. The movie is directed by Robert Angus. Ambitious politician Frank Carlton decides to run for a senatorial seat in Washington. Carlton puts his political career in serious jeopardy after he gets involved with English immigrant Angela Wallace. Meanwhile, Carlton's slick and unscrupulous campaign manager Buddy Parker has an affair of his own with brassy broad Christine Ashley. Written by Woodyanders. The candidate stars Mamie Van Doren, June Wilkinson, Ted Knight, Eric Mason, Ernesto Macias, Rachel Romen and Mickey Golden. The motion picture has a running time of 84 minutes. It was released on 7th October 1964. The movie made a box office gross of $0 million.