Both the play and film are a one-man show about former President of the United States Harry S. Truman.

stars James Whitmore, and was directed by Steve Binder and Peter H. Hunt.

The play then went on to a six-city tour, during which it was videotaped for film on the stage of the Moore Theatre in Seattle, using a live editing process called Theatrovision.

Although the play has been regularly revived, it did not make its New York debut until July 2008 at St. Luke's Theatre.

is only the third film to have its entire credited cast (Whitmore) nominated for an Oscar, the first two being Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?