Drama /

Score: 72%( 110 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

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

Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta

George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman

Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson

Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)

Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox

Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher

Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader

Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams

Tom Helmore
British Ambassador

Rene Paul
French Ambassador

Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn

Russ Brown
Night Watchman Mike

Malcolm Atterbury
Senator Tom August

Janet Jane Carty
Pidge Anderson

Hilary Eaves
Lady Maudulayne

Michele Montau
Celestine Barre

J. Edward McKinley
Senator Powell Hanson

Bill Quinn
Senator Paul Hendershot

Tiki Santos
Senator Kanaho

Raoul De Leon
Senator Velez

Chet Stratton
Rev. Carney Birch

Larry Tucker
Manuel

Betty Murray
Senator Lafe Smith's Girlfriend

John Granger
Ray Shaff

Sid Gould
Bartender

Meyer Davis
Orchestra Conductor

Irv Kupcinet
Journalist #1

Robert C. Wilson
Journalist #2

Alan Emory
Journalist #3

Jesse Stearns Buscher
Journalist #4

Milton Berliner
Journalist #5

Allan W. Cromley
Journalist #6

William Knighton
WHCA President

Guy M. Gillette
Senator Harper

Henry Fountain Ashurst
Senator McCafferty

Raj Mallick
Indian Ambassador

Leon Alton
Senator (uncredited)

Walter Bacon
Senator (uncredited)

Joe Baird
Senator (uncredited)

Eddie Baker
Senator (uncredited)

Brandon Beach
Senator (uncredited)

Mario Cimino
Senator (uncredited)

Roger Clark
Senator (uncredited)

Paul Cristo
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)

Harry Denny
Senator (uncredited)

George DeNormand
Senator (uncredited)

George Ford
Senator (uncredited)

Cay Forester
President's Secretary (uncredited)

Bobby Gilbert
Senator (uncredited)

Polly Guggenheim
Washington Socialite (uncredited)

Clive Halliday
Senator (uncredited)

Helen Hardin
Washington Socialite (uncredited)

Henry Jackson
Drink Refuser (uncredited)

Virgil Johansen
Senator (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava
Senator (uncredited)

Evelyn Lincoln
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Al McGranary
Senator (uncredited)

William Meader
Senator (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Senate Official (uncredited)

Sol Murgi
Senator (uncredited)

Norman Papson
Gay Bar Patron (uncredited)

Charles Perry
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)

Paul Power
Senator (uncredited)

Walter Reed
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Senator (uncredited)

Clark Ross
Senator (uncredited)

John Roy
Reporter (uncredited)

Carlisle Runge
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Dick Ryan
Senator (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

Louis Scheyven
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Bernard Sell
Senator (uncredited)

Stephen Soldi
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)

Marion Lloyd Stearns White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Hal Taggart
Senator (uncredited)

Wayne Tucker
Journalist (uncredited)

Harty Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Jerry Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Byron White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)