Advise & Consent (1962)
Advise & Consent is a 1962 drama movie directed by Otto Preminger, with a running time of 2h 19m. It stars Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton and Don Murray.
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.
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