Advise & Consent
“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.
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Cast
90 people
Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Spartacus
Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson
Known for
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Twin Peaks
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
Known for
Forbidden Planet
How Green Was My Valley
Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith
Known for
Little Women
Ocean's Eleven
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
Known for
Laura
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Franchot Tone
The President
Known for
Five Graves to Cairo
Mutiny on the Bounty
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
Known for
Salem's Lot
All Quiet on the Western Front
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
Known for
Rocky
Clash of the Titans
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Known for
Summer Magic
A Hole in the Head
Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta
Known for
The Music Man
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman
Known for
Bachelor Party
Wrong Is Right
Otto Preminger Director · Wendell Mayes Screenplay Allen Drury Author
Worldwide gross $2M · United States release June 6, 1962 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Production
Otto Preminger Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 8, 1962
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · June 6, 1962
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1963 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 1, 2016 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Denmark
February 4, 1963 · Theatrical
Finland
October 26, 1962 · Theatrical
France
October 4, 1962 · Theatrical
November 1, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Germany
October 12, 1962 · Theatrical
Italy
October 3, 1962 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 20, 1963 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 12, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
January 2, 1963 · Theatrical
Spain
September 2, 1963 · Premiere · Madrid
United Kingdom
September 13, 1962 · Premiere · London
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