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