Power 1986

Richard Gere is Pete St. John, a gilt-edged "image" advisor to the likes of powerful and often crooked politicians -- including a South American candidate for the top office in his country and, reluctantly, a conservative industrialist named Jerome Cade. Cade is after a Senate seat vacated by Sam Hastings, a liberal politician who fits in with the views that Pete once upheld. When things start to go wrong, it looks like Cade's gruff advisor Arnold Billings might hold one of the keys to Pete's discovery of the truth about Cade -- and may be the reason why Hastings is leaving his job.

Richard Gere is Pete St. John, a gilt-edged "image" advisor to the likes of powerful and often crooked politicians -- including a South American candidate for the top office in his country and, reluctantly, a conservative industrialist named Jerome Cade. Cade is after a Senate seat vacated by Sam Hastings, a liberal politician who fits in with the views that Pete once upheld. When things start to go wrong, it looks like Cade's gruff advisor Arnold Billings might hold one of the keys to Pete's discovery of the truth about Cade -- and may be the reason why Hastings is leaving his job. (less)