Advise & Consent
Advise & Consent
Release: 1962-06-06
·Runtime: 139m
·★ 7.2
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Otto Preminger Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Paul McGrath
as Hardiman Fletcher
J. Edward McKinley
as Senator Powell Hanson
Eddie Baker
as Senator (uncredited)
Don Murray
as Senator Brigham Anderson
Sid Gould
as Bartender
Walter Reed
as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Paul Stevens
as Louis Newborn
Henry Fonda
as Robert Leffingwell
Franchot Tone
as The President
Burgess Meredith
as Herbert Gelman
Bill Quinn
as Senator Paul Hendershot
Will Geer
as Senate Minority Leader
Betty White
as Senator Bessie Adams
Kenner G. Kemp
as Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
as Senator (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
as Senator Lafe Smith
Eddie Hodges
as Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford
as Senator Stanley Danta
Russ Brown
as Night Watchman Mike
Frank Sinatra
as Self (voice)
Harold Miller
as Senate Official (uncredited)
Gene Tierney
as Dolly Harrison
Lew Ayres
as The Vice President
Edward Andrews
as Senator Orrin Knox
Roger Clark
as Senator (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
as Senator Tom August
Tom Helmore
as British Ambassador
Cay Forester
as President's Secretary (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
as Senator (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
as Senator Seabright Cooley
Michele Montau
as Celestine Barre
Larry Tucker
as Manuel
Walter Pidgeon
as Senate Majority Leader
Inga Swenson
as Ellen Anderson
Leoda Richards
as Senator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
George Grizzard
as Senator Fred van Ackerman
