Advise and Consent Title sequence by Saul Bass 1962
Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: Allen Drury (novel) Wendell Mayes (screenplay)
Release Date: 6 June 1962 (USA) more
Genre: Drama
Tagline: Are the men and women of Washington really like this?
Plot:Senate investigation into the President’s newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President’s character as well.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination
Cast
* Henry Fonda as Robert A. Leffingwell
* Charles Laughton as Senator Seab Cooley
* Don Murray as Senator Brig Anderson
* Walter Pidgeon as Senate Majority Leader Bob Rumson
* Peter Lawford as Senator Lafe Smith
* Gene Tierney as Dolly Harrison
* Franchot Tone as The President
* Lew Ayres as Vice President Harley Hudson
* Burgess Meredith as Herbert Gelman
* Eddie Hodges as Johnny Leffingwell
* Paul Ford as Senator Stanley Danta
* George Grizzard as Senator Fred Van Ackerman
* Inga Swenson as Ellen Anderson
* Edward Andrews as Senator Orrin Knox
* Paul McGrath as Hardiman Fletcher
* Will Geer as Senate Minority Leader Warren Strickland
* Betty White as Senator Bessie Adam