Name: Advise & Consent
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962-06-06
Duration: 139 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford

1962·Drama·2h 19m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Otto Preminger

usa president

washington dc, usa

based on novel or book

senate

senator

politician

based on play or musical

anti-communism

lgbt

senate hearing

secret past

usa politics

secretary of state

gay theme

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

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

Crew

Otto Preminger

Director

Jerry Fielding

Original Music Composer

Sam Leavitt

Director of Photography

Otto Preminger

Producer

Frank Sinatra

Songs

Loring Mandel

Theatre Play

Popular Reviews

14 reviews

Leslie

8.0★ · 02/17/26

Scoop Jackson jumpscare….

Tvisha Mahajan

7.0★ · 11/24/25

A whole lot of men talking actually sorry the last hour was way better i liked this film

ChaiclassicsPRO

8.0★ · 09/23/23

This film doesn't make sense because politics are confusing and please can we stop this practice of casting well known female stars only to have them in a film for like 5 mins

Caleb Langdale-Hunt

6.0★ · 01/17/23

Boring. Expect for when it was gay.

Connor Fitzharris

7.0★ · 06/19/26