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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.
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.
- Allen Drury
- 1959
Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts. It describes either of two situations: where a weak executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch or where the legislative branch concurs and approves something ...
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.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Otto Preminger
- 1962-06-06
Allen Drury's Advise and Consent chronicles a hectic confirmation battle in the nation's capital. The President, secretly dying, wants to cement his legacy by appointing the progressive Bob Leffingwell as Secretary of State.
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- Paperback
Based on the lauded novel by Allen Drury, this political drama depicts the debate sparked when controversial candidate Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda) is nominated as U.S. Secretary of State.
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- Drama, LGBTQ+
Advise and Consent debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in August 1959 and didn’t leave until July 1961, a stay that fell two weeks short of two years. It rose to the top against novels we now consider classics: Exodus , Lady Chatterley’s Lover , Doctor Zhivago .
