Advise & Consent
Are the men and women of Washington really like this?
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.
Trailer
Cast
Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox
Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader
Tom Helmore
British Ambassador
Harold Miller
Senate Official (uncredited)
Franchot Tone
The President
Jeffrey Sayre
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams
Bill Quinn
Senator Paul Hendershot
Leoda Richards
Senator (uncredited)
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman
Malcolm Atterbury
Senator Tom August
Larry Tucker
Manuel
Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta
Bernard Sell
Senator (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
Eddie Baker
Senator (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley
Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith
Roger Clark
Senator (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Sid Gould
Bartender
Cay Forester
President's Secretary (uncredited)
Scoop Jackson
Drink Refuser (uncredited)
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Russ Brown
Night Watchman Mike
Al McGranary
Senator (uncredited)
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn
Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher
Michele Montau
Celestine Barre
Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson
Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson
Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)
Sol Murgi
Senator (uncredited)