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Advise & Consent

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 |2h 19m |  Drama

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Henry Fonda

Robert Leffingwell

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Charles Laughton

Senator Seabright Cooley

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Don Murray

Senator Brigham Anderson

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Walter Pidgeon

Senate Majority Leader

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Peter Lawford

Senator Lafe Smith

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Gene Tierney

Dolly Harrison

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Franchot Tone

The President

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Lew Ayres

The Vice President

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Burgess Meredith

Herbert Gelman

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Eddie Hodges

Johnny Leffingwell

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Paul Ford

Senator Stanley Danta

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George Grizzard

Senator Fred van Ackerman

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Inga Swenson

Ellen Anderson

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Frank Sinatra

Self (voice)

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Edward Andrews

Senator Orrin Knox

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Paul McGrath

Hardiman Fletcher

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Will Geer

Senate Minority Leader

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Betty White

Senator Bessie Adams

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Tom Helmore

British Ambassador

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Paul Stevens

Louis Newborn

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Russ Brown

Night Watchman Mike

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Malcolm Atterbury

Senator Tom August

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Michele Montau

Celestine Barre

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J. Edward McKinley

Senator Powell Hanson

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Bill Quinn

Senator Paul Hendershot

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Sid Gould

Bartender

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Roger Clark

Senator (uncredited)

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Cay Forester

President's Secretary (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Senate Official (uncredited)

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Sol Murgi

Senator (uncredited)

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Walter Reed

Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

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Leoda Richards

Senator (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

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Bernard Sell

Senator (uncredited)

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Hal Taggart

Senator (uncredited)

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Language

English

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