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The Butler
RELEASED • 2013 • DRAMA
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
132m
Popularity
Trending Up
Overview
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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Cast
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Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
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Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines
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David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines
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John Cusack
Richard Nixon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5Yb3nmRWXXZAxNhfhEuOMdfyVNN.jpg)
Jane Fonda
Nancy Reagan
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Carter Wilson
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Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl
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Terrence Howard
Howard
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Lenny Kravitz
James Holloway
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Aml Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)
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