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.
Genres:
Henry Fonda as Robert 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 as Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford as Senator Stanley Danta
George Grizzard as Senator Fred van Ackerman
Inga Swenson as Ellen Anderson
Frank Sinatra as Self (voice)
Edward Andrews as Senator Orrin Knox
Paul McGrath as Hardiman Fletcher
Will Geer as Senate Minority Leader
Betty White as Senator Bessie Adams
Tom Helmore as British Ambassador
Rene Paul as French Ambassador
Paul Stevens as Louis Newborn
Russ Brown as Night Watchman Mike
Malcolm Atterbury as Senator Tom August
Janet Jane Carty as Pidge Anderson
Hilary Eaves as Lady Maudulayne
Michele Montau as Celestine Barre
J. Edward McKinley as Senator Powell Hanson
Bill Quinn as Senator Paul Hendershot
Tiki Santos as Senator Kanaho
Raoul De Leon as Senator Velez
Chet Stratton as Rev. Carney Birch
Larry Tucker as Manuel
Betty Murray as Senator Lafe Smith's Girlfriend
John Granger as Ray Shaff
Sid Gould as Bartender
Meyer Davis as Orchestra Conductor
Irv Kupcinet as Journalist #1
Robert C. Wilson as Journalist #2
Alan Emory as Journalist #3
Jesse Stearns Buscher as Journalist #4
Milton Berliner as Journalist #5
Allan W. Cromley as Journalist #6
William Knighton as WHCA President
Guy M. Gillette as Senator Harper
Henry Fountain Ashurst as Senator McCafferty
Raj Mallick as Indian Ambassador
Leon Alton as Senator (uncredited)
Walter Bacon as Senator (uncredited)
Joe Baird as Senator (uncredited)
Eddie Baker as Senator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach as Senator (uncredited)
Mario Cimino as Senator (uncredited)
Roger Clark as Senator (uncredited)
Paul Cristo as Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Denny as Senator (uncredited)
George DeNormand as Senator (uncredited)
George Ford as Senator (uncredited)
Cay Forester as President's Secretary (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert as Senator (uncredited)
Polly Guggenheim as Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Clive Halliday as Senator (uncredited)
Helen Hardin as Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Henry Jackson as Drink Refuser (uncredited)
Virgil Johansen as Senator (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava as Senator (uncredited)
Evelyn Lincoln as Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Al McGranary as Senator (uncredited)
William Meader as Senator (uncredited)
Harold Miller as Senate Official (uncredited)
Sol Murgi as Senator (uncredited)
Norman Papson as Gay Bar Patron (uncredited)
Charles Perry as Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Paul Power as Senator (uncredited)
Walter Reed as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Leoda Richards as Senator (uncredited)
Clark Ross as Senator (uncredited)
John Roy as Reporter (uncredited)
Carlisle Runge as Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Ryan as Senator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Louis Scheyven as Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Bernard Sell as Senator (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi as Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Marion Lloyd Stearns White as Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Hal Taggart as Senator (uncredited)
Wayne Tucker as Journalist (uncredited)
Harty Wadsworth as Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Jerry Wadsworth as Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Byron White as Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
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