Director: Otto Preminger

Writer: Wendell Mayes

From novel: Advise and Consent by Allen Drury

Music by: Jerry Fielding

Producer: Otto Preminger

Keywords: Drama, POTUS, Cold War, Blackmail, Gay, Mormons, Suicide, Washington DC

Political drama concerning the confirmation of the President's choice of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell. Accusations fly in many directions, such as Leffingwell's alleged communist ties, and alleged homosexual experiences of the investigating committee chairman, Brigham Anderson. Preminger purchased the rights to Drury's novel for $200,000 and made this film outside of the Hays Code.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Andrews	Actor	9-Oct-1914	8-Mar-1985	Sixteen Candles
Henry F. Ashurst	Politician	13-Sep-1874	31-May-1962	US Senator from Arizona, 1912-41
Malcolm Atterbury	Actor	20-Feb-1907	16-Aug-1992	Vaudevillian, character actor
Lew Ayres	Actor	28-Dec-1908	30-Dec-1996	All Quiet on the Western Front
Henry Fonda	Actor	16-May-1905	12-Aug-1982	12 Angry Men
Paul Ford	Actor	2-Nov-1901	12-Apr-1976	The Phil Silvers Show
Will Geer	Actor	9-Mar-1902	22-Apr-1978	Zebulon Walton in The Waltons
George Grizzard	Actor	1-Apr-1928	2-Oct-2007	Advise and Consent
Tom Helmore	Actor	4-Jan-1904	12-Sep-1995	Vertigo
Irv Kupcinet	Columnist	31-Jul-1912	10-Nov-2003	Kup's Column
Charles Laughton	Actor	1-Jul-1899	15-Dec-1962	Island of Lost Souls
Peter Lawford	Actor	7-Sep-1923	24-Dec-1984	Rat Pack member
Burgess Meredith	Actor	16-Nov-1908	9-Sep-1997	Rocky and Grumpy Old Men
Don Murray	Actor	31-Jul-1929		Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing
Walter Pidgeon	Actor	23-Sep-1897	25-Sep-1984	How Green Was My Valley
Bill Quinn	Actor	6-May-1912	29-Apr-1994	Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place
Frank Sinatra	Singer	12-Dec-1915	14-May-1998	It's Frank's world, we just live in it
Inga Swenson	Actor	29-Dec-1932		Kraus on Benson
Gene Tierney	Actor	19-Nov-1920	6-Nov-1991	Laura
Franchot Tone	Actor	27-Feb-1905	18-Sep-1968	Advise and Consent
Betty White	Actor	17-Jan-1922		TV sitcom and game show mainstay

CAST

starring
Henry Fonda	...   Robert Leffingwell
Charles Laughton	...   Sen. Seabright Cooley
Don Murray	...   Sen. Brigham Anderson
Walter Pidgeon	...   Senate Majority Leader
Peter Lawford	...   Sen. Lafe Smith
Gene Tierney	...   Dolly Harrison
Franchot Tone	...   The President
Lew Ayres	...   The Vice President
Burgess Meredith	...   Herbert Gelman
Eddie Hodges	...   Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford	...   Sen. Stanley Danta
George Grizzard	...   Sen. Fred Van Ackerman
Inga Swenson	...   Ellen Anderson
and the voice of
Frank Sinatra	...   Singing Voice (voice)
co-starring
Edward Andrews	...   Sen. Orrin Knox
Paul McGrath	...   Hardiman Fletcher
Will Geer	...   Senate Minority Leader
Betty White	...   Sen. Bessie Adams
Tom Helmore	...   British Ambassador
Rene Paul	...   French Ambassador
Paul Stevens	...   Louis Newborn
Russ Brown	...   Night Watchman Mike
Malcolm Atterbury	...   Sen. Tom August
Janet Jane Carty	...   Pidge Anderson
Hilary Eaves	...   Lady Maudulayne
Michele Montau	...   Celestine Barre
J. Edward McKinley	...   Sen. Powell Hanson
William Quinn	...   Sen. Paul Hendershot
Tiki Santos	...   Sen. Kanaho
Raoul De Leon	...   Sen. Velez
Chet Stratton	...   Rev. Carney Birch
Larry Tucker	...   Manuel
Bettie Johnson	...   Lafe's Girl
John Granger	...   Ray Shaff
Sid Gould	...   Bartender
Meyer Davis and His Orchestra	...   Themselves
Raj Mallick	...   Indian Ambassador
White House Correspondents Assn	...   Themselves
White House Press Photographers Assn	...   Themselves
Irv Kupcinet	...   Journalist
Robert C. Wilson	...   Journalist
Alan Emory	...   Journalist
Jesse Stearns Buscher	...   Journalist
Milton Berliner	...   Journalist
Allen W. Crowley	...   Journalist
William Knighton	...   WHCA President
Guy M. Gilette	...   Sen. Harper
Henry F. Ashurst	...   Sen. McCafferty

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