Advise & Consent (1962) ( Advise and Consent )

Advise & Consent (1962) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Advise and Consent
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
138 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1962 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Otto Preminger

Written By:
Allen Drury
Wendell Mayes

Actors:
Henry Fonda ..... Robert Leffingwell
Charles Laughton ..... Senator Seabright Cooley
Don Murray ..... Senator Brigham Anderson
Walter Pidgeon ..... Senate Majority Leader
Peter Lawford ..... Senator Lafe Smith
Gene Tierney ..... Dolly Harrison
Franchot Tone ..... The President
Lew Ayres ..... The Vice President
Burgess Meredith ..... Herbert Gelman
Eddie Hodges ..... Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford ..... Senator Stanley Danta
George Grizzard ..... Senator Fred Van Ackerman
Inga Swenson ..... Ellen Anderson
Frank Sinatra ..... Club 602 Singer (voice)
Edward Andrews ..... Senator Orrin Knox

Synopsis:

Robert Leffingwell is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must first go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. Leading the Senate committee is idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, who soon finds himself unprepared for the political dirt that's revealed, including Leffingwell's past affiliations with a Communist organization. When Leffingwell testifies about his political leanings, he proves his innocence. Later, however, Anderson learns that he lied under oath and even asks the president to withdraw Leffingwell for consideration, especially after the young senator begins receiving blackmail threats about a skeleton in his own closet.

When the President of the United States nominates Robert A. Leffingwell to the post of Secretary of State, it's left to the U.S. Senate to confirm that appointment. Leffingwell is eminently qualified for the post but is seen by many in both parties, especially Senator Seabright Cooley, as an appeaser and soft on Communism. The Senate Majority Leader, Bob Munson, appoints an up and coming young Senator, Brigham Anderson, to chair the sub-committee reviewing the nomination. The hearings soon becomes a communist witch hunt with Leffingwell denying any communist affiliations or leanings. When Anderson learns that Leffingham did in fact attend several meetings of a communist cell and lied to the committee, he refuses to support the nomination. That's when he starts to receive phone calls threatening to reveal a romantic tryst he once had in Hawaii unless he supports the Leffingham nomination.

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.

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