Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
128 audience votes
Key crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- Wendell MayesScreenplay
- Jerry FieldingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Henry FondaRobert Leffingwell
- Charles LaughtonSenator Seabright Cooley
- Don MurraySenator Brigham Anderson
- Walter PidgeonSenate Majority Leader
- Peter LawfordSenator Lafe Smith
- Gene TierneyDolly Harrison
- Franchot ToneThe President
- Lew AyresThe Vice President
- Burgess MeredithHerbert Gelman
- Eddie HodgesJohnny Leffingwell
- Paul FordSenator Stanley Danta
- George GrizzardSenator Fred van Ackerman
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Themes
usa presidentwashington dc, usabased on novel or booksenatesenatorpoliticianbased on play or musicalanti-communismlgbtsenate hearingsecret pastusa politics