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
Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson
Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox
Hal Taggart
Senator (uncredited)
Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson
John Roy
Reporter (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley
Senator Powell Hanson
Russ Brown
Night Watchman Mike
Cay Forester
President's Secretary (uncredited)
Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader
Sol Murgi
Senator (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
Senator Paul Hendershot
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
Harold Miller
Senate Official (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
Leoda Richards
Senator (uncredited)
Michele Montau
Celestine Barre
Leon Alton
Senator (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith
Malcolm Atterbury
Senator Tom August
Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn
Tom Helmore
British Ambassador
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta
Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley
Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams
Jeffrey Sayre
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
Eddie Baker
Senator (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)
Roger Clark
Senator (uncredited)
Franchot Tone
The President
Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher
Sid Gould
Bartender
George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman
Rene Paul
French Ambassador
Janet Jane Carty
Pidge Anderson
Hilary Eaves
Lady Maudulayne
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
Walter Bacon
Senator (uncredited)
Joe Baird
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)
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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