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.
Directed byOtto Preminger
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- June 6, 1962
- Revenue
- $2,000,000
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Featuring
Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Otto Preminger
- Written by
- Wendell Mayes
- Produced by
- Otto Preminger
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