Drama
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
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith
Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson
Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams
Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)
Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader
Franchot Tone
The President
Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta
Hal Taggart
Senator (uncredited)
Tom Helmore
British Ambassador
Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox
George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman
Walter Reed
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
Harold Miller
Senate Official (uncredited)
Sid Gould
Bartender
Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn
Cay Forester
President's Secretary (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley
Senator Powell Hanson
Michele Montau
Celestine Barre
Jeffrey Sayre
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
Senator Tom August
Leoda Richards
Senator (uncredited)
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson
Russ Brown
Night Watchman Mike
Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher
Sol Murgi
Senator (uncredited)
Roger Clark
Senator (uncredited)
Rene Paul
French Ambassador
Janet Jane Carty
Pidge Anderson
Hilary Eaves
Lady Maudulayne
Bill Quinn
Senator Paul Hendershot
Tiki Santos
Senator Kanaho
Raoul De Leon
Senator Velez
Chet Stratton
Rev. Carney Birch
Betty Murray
Senator Lafe Smith's Girlfriend
John Granger
Ray Shaff
Meyer Davis
Orchestra Conductor
Irv Kupcinet
Journalist #1
Robert C. Wilson
Journalist #2
Alan Emory
Journalist #3
Jesse Stearns Buscher
Journalist #4
Milton Berliner
Journalist #5
Allan W. Cromley
Journalist #6
William Knighton
WHCA President
Guy M. Gillette
Senator Harper
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Senator McCafferty
Raj Mallick
Indian Ambassador
Leon Alton
Senator (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Senator (uncredited)
Joe Baird
Senator (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Senator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Senator (uncredited)
Mario Cimino
Senator (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Senator (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Senator (uncredited)
George Ford
Senator (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Senator (uncredited)
Polly Guggenheim
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Clive Halliday
Senator (uncredited)
Helen Hardin
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Henry Jackson
Drink Refuser (uncredited)
Virgil Johansen
Senator (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Senator (uncredited)
Evelyn Lincoln
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Al McGranary
Senator (uncredited)
William Meader
Senator (uncredited)
Norman Papson
Gay Bar Patron (uncredited)
Charles Perry
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Paul Power
Senator (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Senator (uncredited)
John Roy
Reporter (uncredited)
Carlisle Runge
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Senator (uncredited)
Louis Scheyven
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Senator (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Marion Lloyd Stearns White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Wayne Tucker
Journalist (uncredited)
Harty Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Jerry Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Byron White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

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