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  1. The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 American comedy film, the only movie directed by playwright, theatrical director/producer, humorist, and drama critic George S. Kaufman. Produced by Universal Pictures it starred William Powell as a dim-witted U.S. senator who decides to run for president, with Ella Raines as a reporter interested in the ...

  2. The Senator Was Indiscreet: Directed by George S. Kaufman. With William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes, Arleen Whelan. A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.

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    • Comedy
    • George S. Kaufman
    • 1948-12-03
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  4. Dim-witted blowhard, Melvin G. Ashton, is a US Senator who wants to be President. He hires Lew Gibson, a talented PR man who gets Ashton in newsreels and on the front page, never thinking he'll win. But Ashton has a secret weapon: a diary documenting every shady deal his party's made for 35 years.

    • George S. Kaufman, Jack Voglin
    • William Powell
  5. Melvin G. Ashton (William Powell) is a crooked U.S. senator embarking on a campaign for the presidency. Ashton is a political buffoon, but he blackmails the party leaders to support his candidacy...

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    • George S. Kaufman
    • Comedy
    • William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes
  6. Dim-witted blowhard Melvin G. Ashton is a U.S. Senator who wants to be President. He hires Lew Gibson, a talented PR man who gets Ashton in newsreels and on the front page, never thinking he'll win. But Ashton has a secret weapon: a diary documenting every shady deal his party's made for 35 years.

  7. The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 comedy film directed by George S. Kaufman starring William Powell as a dim-witted U.S. senator who decides to run for president, with Ella Raines as a reporter interested in the detailed diary he has kept about all the political misdeeds of his colleagues.

  8. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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