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.
Lee DanielsDirector
Danny StrongWriter
Andrew DunnDirector of Photography
Joe KlotzEditor
Forest WhitakerCecil Gaines
Oprah WinfreyGloria Gaines
David OyelowoLouis Gaines
John CusackRichard Nixon
Jane FondaNancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding Jr.Carter Wilson
Mariah CareyHattie Pearl
Terrence HowardHoward
Lenny KravitzJames Holloway
Aml AmeenCecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.Cecil Gaines (8)
James MarsdenJohn F. Kennedy
Alex PettyferThomas Westfall
Vanessa RedgraveAnnabeth Westfall
Alan RickmanRonald Reagan
Liev SchreiberLyndon B. Johnson
Robin WilliamsDwight Eisenhower
Yaya DaCostaCarol Hammie
David BannerEarl Gaines
Colman DomingoFreddie Fallows
Nelsan EllisMartin Luther King Jr.
Nealla GordonSenator Kassebaum
Elijah KelleyCharlie Gaines (15-18)
Minka KellyJackie Kennedy
Adriane LenoxGina
Mo McRaeEldridge Huggins
Pernell WalkerLorraine
Jesse WilliamsRev. James Lawson
Clarence Williams IIIMaynard
LaJessie SmithAbraham
John P. FertittaMr. Jenkins
Jim GleasonR.D. Warner
Isaac WhiteCharlie Gaines (10)
Joe ChrestWhite Usher
Tyson FordElroy
James DuMontSherman Adams
Robert AberdeenHerbert Brownell
Olivia WashingtonOlivia
Margaret M. OwensWoolworth Diner Patron #1
Eric DucoteWoolworth Diner Patron #2
132 minutes
2013-08-16
English
United States of America
Follow Through Productions
Salamander Pictures
Laura Ziskin Productions
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Pam Williams Productions
Windy Hill Pictures
122 days ago
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