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Release Date: 1962

Cast: Lew Ayres, Inga Swenson, Eddie Hodges, Gene Tierney, Edward Andrews, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Burgess Meredith, Will Geer, Paul McGrath ...MORE

Cast: Lew Ayres, Inga Swenson, Eddie Hodges, Gene Tierney, Edward Andrews, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Burgess Meredith, Will Geer, Paul McGrath, Henry Fonda, Betty White, Franchot Tone, Paul Ford, Charles Laughton ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Lgbt, Political Drama, Courtroom Drama, Political Fiction

Advise & Consent is a 1962 American motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Allen Drury, published in 1959. The movie was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger. The ensemble cast features Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Eddie Hodges, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Betty White and others. The film follows the consequences in Washington, D.C. when the President surprises the United States Senate by nominating... MORE

Advise & Consent is a 1962 American motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Allen Drury, published in 1959. The movie was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger. The ensemble cast features Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Eddie Hodges, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Betty White and others. The film follows the consequences in Washington, D.C. when the President surprises the United States Senate by nominating a man with a hidden past for Secretary of State. The President of the United States (Franchot Tone) nominates Robert A. Leffingwell (Henry Fonda) as United States Secretary of State. The second-term President, who is ill, has chosen him because he does not believe that Vice President Harley Hudson (Lew Ayres)—whom both he and others usually ignore—will successfully continue the administration's foreign policy should he die. Leffingwell's nomination is controversial within the United States Senate which, using its advice and consent powers, must either approve or reject the appointment. Both the LESS