Fresh
The settings are powerfully like real. A Senate hearing room, the Senate itself, a party home in immediate Washington and varying apartments plus a place in DC suburbia all have the look of genuineness.
Variety Staff, Variety
Advise & Consent
Are the men and women of Washington really like this?
1962 · 2h 19m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Otto Preminger
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Advise & Consent
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Otto Preminger Director
- Henry Fonda as Robert A. Leffingwell
- Charles Laughton as Senator Seabright Cooley
- Don Murray as Senator Brigham Anderson
- Walter Pidgeon as Senate Majority Leader
- Peter Lawford as Senator Lafe Smith
- Gene Tierney as Dolly Harrison
- Franchot Tone as The President
- Lew Ayres as The Vice President
- Burgess Meredith as Herbert Gelman
- Eddie Hodges Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Grips like a vice thanks to the skill with which Preminger's stunning mise en scene absorbs documentary detail.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
There are many other dull and naughty characters in this brisk whirl on the Washington merry-go-round.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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