Advise & Consent is a 1962 American film 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 & was directed by Otto Preminger.
It was the first time I'd ever seen this film. I'd not even heard of it before. It was truly amazing, magnificent, compelling!
The cast features Henry Fonda (oh too briefly!), Charles Laughton (excellent!), Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon (magnificent!), Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith (poor babe!), Eddie Hodges, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Betty White & 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.
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