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The Butler (2013)

Rating
Genres
Drama
Runtime
2h 12min
Age rating
13
Director
Lee Daniels

Cast

Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
David Banner
Earl Gaines
Michael Rainey Jr.
Cecil Gaines (8)
LaJessie Smith
Abraham
Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl
Alex Pettyfer
Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgrave
Annabeth Westfall
Ami Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)
Clarence Williams III
Maynard
John P. Fertitta
Mr. Jenkins
Jim Gleason
R.D. Warner
Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines
John Cusack
Richard Nixon
Robin Williams
Dwight Eisenhower
James Marsden
John F. Kennedy
Alan Rickman
Ronald Reagan
Minka Kelly
Jackie Kennedy
Liev Schreiber
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jesse Williams
Rev. James Lawson
Lenny Kravitz
James Holloway
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Carter Wilson
Terrence Howard
Howard
Jane Fonda
Nancy Reagan
David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines
Yaya DaCosta
Carol Hammie
Stephen Rider
Admiral Rochon
Nealla Gordon
Senator Kassebaum
Rusty Robertson
Senator Robertson
Elijah Kelley
Charlie Gaines
Duane Cothren
Military Social Aide (uncredited)
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Rosalynn Carter
Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Colman Domingo
Freddie Fallows

Synopsis

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

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