Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent ★★★ 1962
An interesting political melodrama with a fascinating cast, based upon Allen Drury's novel. The President chooses a candidate for the Secretary of State position which divides the Senate and causes the suicide of a senator. Controversial in its time, though somewhat turgid today. Laughton's last film. 139m/B VHS, DVD . Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Betty White, Peter Lawford, Edward Andrews; D: Otto Preminger; W: Wendell Mayes; C: Sam Leavitt. Natl. Bd. of Review '62: Support. Actor (Meredith).
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