Advise & Consent
Drama
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.
1962-06-06
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Cast
Director
Otto Preminger
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
Inga Swenson as Ellen Anderson
Frank Sinatra as Self (voice)
Edward Andrews as Senator Orrin Knox
Paul McGrath as Hardiman Fletcher
Will Geer as Senate Minority Leader
Betty White as Senator Bessie Adams
Tom Helmore as British Ambassador
Paul Stevens as Louis Newborn
Russ Brown as Night Watchman Mike
Malcolm Atterbury as Senator Tom August
Michele Montau as Celestine Barre
Bill Quinn as Senator Paul Hendershot
Larry Tucker as Manuel
Sid Gould as Bartender
Eddie Baker as Senator (uncredited)
Roger Clark as Senator (uncredited)
Cay Forester as President's Secretary (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
Al McGranary as Senator (uncredited)
Harold Miller as Senate Official (uncredited)
Sol Murgi as Senator (uncredited)
Walter Reed as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Leoda Richards as Senator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Bernard Sell as Senator (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi as Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Scoop Jackson as Drink Refuser (uncredited)