The Paper Chase

The Man in the Chair

E15    Feb 6, 1979
A new student, Paul Chandler, joins the class mid semester. He is wheelchair bound yet athletic and handsome. The study group welcomes him in and in their interactions we gradually see that contrary to the good initial impression Chandler makes, he is manipulative, takes advantage of his situation, and is highly competitive. We also learn that through his mother he is friends (on a first name basis) with Kingsfield.

Chandler's competitive nature reveals its dark side when he sets his sights on Hart. He tries to seduce Logan, thinking that she is Hart's girlfriend, he applies to a need-based scholarship that Hart is trying hard to win, and both he and his mother try to use their relationship with Kingsfield to win the scholarship. Finally, in Kingsfield's office, he experiences a life changing moment where he sees himself as what he is and turns over a new leaf.
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Cast of The Man in the Chair
  • John HousemanCharles Kingsfield
  • James StevensJames T. Hart
  • Charles HallahanErnie
  • Stanley DeSantisGagarian
  • Robert GintyThomas Craig Anderson
  • Betty HarfordMrs Nottingham
  • Francine TackerElizabeth Logan
  • James KeaneWillis Bell
  • Jonathan SegalJonathan Brooks
  • Deka BeaudineAsheley Brooks
  • Tom FitzsimmonsFranklin Ford III

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