The Candidate—not the Michael Ritchie film of 1972, but one from 1964—stars Mamie Van Doren as a glamorous pimp, Christine, employed by the destructive campaign manager, Buddy (Eric Mason), for a bachelor Congressional candidate, Frank Carlton (Ted Knight). As it happens, Christine falls for Buddy—the worst path she could take—while Frank meets and caves to his weakness for a British noncitizen named Angela (June Wilkinson). Buddy is a would-be government official who, we come to realize, doesn’t stand, or deserve, a chance.

The film is quite serious with some sophisticated dialogue (borrowed from a source novel, I take it), but as well it is thin and has scant drama. Indeed, there is not enough here for even an 80 minute movie. Near the end the piece gets silly and phony. It transpires that Angela was willing to appear in an utterly stupid stag reel.

Van Doren and Wilkinson cannot act. Mamie tries but it doesn’t pan out. She’s a blond marvel, though; her looks are extraordinary. As for pretty June, her bosom is extraordinary. Mason’s acting is probably passable but rather mechanical. The Candidate loses.