
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939)
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.


“Are the men and women of Washington really like this?”
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.

Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell

Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley

Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson

Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader

Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith

Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison

Franchot Tone
The President

Lew Ayres
The Vice President

Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman

Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Advise & Consent is a drama film released in 1962 exploring themes of usa president, washington dc, usa, based on novel or book, senate, senator, politician. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray. 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.
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