Movie
Advise & Consent
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-06-06
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Otto Preminger Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Paul Ford as Senator Stanley Danta
- George Grizzard as Senator Fred van Ackerman
Crew
- Otto Preminger - Director
- Wendell Mayes - Screenplay
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