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    Advise and Consent

    1962 · Drama · 2h 20m

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  1. Advise & Consent is a 1962 American political drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Advise and Consent by Allen Drury, published in 1959. The film was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger.

  2. Advise & Consent: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon. The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.

    • (7.5K)
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Otto Preminger
    • 1962-06-06
  3. A movie based on a novel by Allen Drury, starring Henry Fonda as a controversial nominee for U.S. Secretary of State. The movie follows the Senate investigation of his qualifications and the political intrigues involved.

    • (13)
    • Henry Fonda
    • Otto Preminger
    • Drama, LGBTQ+
  4. The ailing President nominates a controversial candidate (Robert A. Leffingwell) for Secretary of State. The film follows the public and private dealings as the Senate holds confirmation hearings on the nomination. Blackmail, smear tactics, political trade-offs and more highlight this movie.

  5. Advise & Consent (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Widowers And Bachelors Senators Munson (Walter Pidgeon) and Danta (Paul Ford) check in to make sure the president (Franchot Tone) is serious about his nominee for Secretary Of State, before recruiting playboy senator Smith (Peter Lawford), early in Otto Preminger's Advise & Consent, 1962.

    • Otto Preminger
    • Henry Fonda
  6. Advise and Consent. A controversial political appointee triggers DC gamesmanship and scandal. Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon and Charles Laughton in Otto Preminger's film of Allen Drury's best seller.

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  8. Advise and Consent is a 1959 political fiction novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell, whose promotion is endangered due to growing evidence that the nominee had been a member of the Communist Party.

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