Advise & Consent

(1962)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 126 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1962

Runtime: 139 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Otto Preminger

Cast: Генри Фонда, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Уолтер Пиджон, Peter Lawford, Джин Тирни, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Бёрджесс Мередит, Eddie Hodges

Plot

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.

Robert Leffingwell is the president's nominee for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. Leading the Senate committee is idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, who soon finds himself unprepared for the opposition and political dirt that's revealed, including Leffingwell's past affiliations with a Communist organization. When Leffingwell testifies about his political leanings, he proves his innocence. Later, however, Anderson learns that he lied under oath and asks the president to withdraw Leffingwell from consideration, especially after the young senator and his wife begins receiving blackmail threats about a skeleton in his own closet.