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Advise & Consent
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
1962 · Directed by Otto Preminger · 139 min · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
Are the men and women of Washington really like this?
Crew
- Screenplay: Wendell Mayes
- Cinematography: Sam Leavitt
- Edited by: Louis R. Loeffler
- Music: Jerry Fielding
- Production design: Lyle R. Wheeler
- Produced by: Otto Preminger
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Robert Leffingwell
- Charles Laughton as Senator Seabright Cooley
- Don Murray as Senator Brigham Anderson
- Walter Pidgeon as Senate Majority Leader
- Peter Lawford as Senator Lafe Smith
- Gene Tierney as Dolly Harrison
- Franchot Tone as The President
- Lew Ayres as The Vice President
- Burgess Meredith as Herbert Gelman
- Eddie Hodges as Johnny Leffingwell
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Otto Preminger Films
- Box office: $2,000,000
- Themes: usa president, washington dc, usa, based on novel or book, senate, senator, politician, based on play or musical, anti-communism, lgbt, senate hearing
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