Advise & Consent

Year:

1962

Duration:

139 min

Genres:

Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Otto Preminger

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1962-06-06

Filming Locations: Caucus Room, United States Capitol - 545 Seventh Street SE, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

J. Edward McKinley

Franchot Tone

The President

Lew Ayres

The Vice President

Henry Fonda

Robert Leffingwell

Walter Pidgeon

Senate Majority Leader

Charles Laughton

Senator Seabright Cooley

Don Murray

Senator Brigham Anderson

Peter Lawford

Senator Lafe Smith

Gene Tierney

Dolly Harrison

Burgess Meredith

Herbert Gelman

Eddie Hodges

Johnny Leffingwell

Paul Ford

Senator Stanley Danta

George Grizzard

Senator Fred Van Ackerman

Inga Swenson

Ellen Anderson

Paul McGrath

Hardiman Fletcher

Will Geer

Senate Minority Leader

Edward Andrews

Senator Orrin Knox

Betty White

Senator Bessie Adams

Malcolm Atterbury

Senator Tom August

Bill Quinn

Senator Paul Hendershot (as William Quinn)

Tiki Santos

Senator Kanaho

Raoul De Leon

Senator Velez

Tom Helmore

British Ambassador

Hilary Eaves

Lady Maudulayne

Rene Paul

French Ambassador

Michele Montau

Celestine Barre

Raj Mallick

Indian Ambassador

Russ Brown

Night Watchman - Mike

Janet Jane Carty

Pidge Anderson

Chet Stratton

Rev. Carney Birch

Larry Tucker

Manuel

John Granger

Ray Shaff

Sid Gould

Bartender

Frank Sinatra

Himself - on Recording at Gay Bar (voice) (archive sound)

Paul Stevens

Louis Newborn

Betty Murray

Lafe's Girl (as Bettie Johnson)

Meyer Davis

Director of Orchestra (as Meyer Davis and his orchestra)

White House Correspondents Association

Themselves

White House Press Photographers Association

Themselves

Irv Kupcinet

Journalist

Robert C. Wilson

Journalist

Alan Emory

Journalist

Jesse Stearns Buscher

Journalist (as Jessie Stearns Buscher)

Milton Berliner

Journalist

Allan W. Cromley

Journalist (as Allen W. Cromley)

William Knighton

President of White House Correspondents Association

Guy M. Gillette

Senator Harper (as The Honorable Guy M. Gillette)

Henry Fountain Ashurst

Senator McCafferty (as The Honorable Henry Fountain Ashurst)

Byron White

Washington Party Guest

Leon Alton

Senator (uncredited)

Eddie Baker

Senator (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Senator (uncredited)

Mario Cimino

Senator (uncredited)

Roger Clark

Senator (uncredited)

Harry Denny

Senator (uncredited)

George DeNormand

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 Johanson

Senator (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Reporter in Senate Chamber (uncredited)

Evelyn Lincoln

Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Al McGranary

Senator (uncredited)

William Meader

Senator (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Senate Official (uncredited)

Norman Papson

Gay Bar Patron (uncredited)

Paul Power

Senator (uncredited)

Walter Reed

Senate Staff Clerk

Leoda Richards

Senator (uncredited)

Carlisle Runge

Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Mrs. Carlisle Runge

Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Dick Ryan

Senator (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Senate Staff Clerk

Louis Scheyven

Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Mrs. Louis Scheyven

Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Senator (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)

Did you know?

Trivia

Actress Betty White's film debut.

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For the scenes taking place inside the US Senate, Columbia dusted off its senate set built for Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 18 seconds

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Goofs

When the roll call vote is being conducted on the motion to advise and consent to Leffingwell's nomination, Senator Van Ackerman's name is not called. Even though he had left the Senate Chamber, the clerk would still have called his name.

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Until his elevation to the Presidency, Vice President Hudson is not shown traveling with Secret Service protection. Since 1954, such protection was provided unless specifically declined. Also highly unlikely that a sitting Veep would be traveling alone on public conveyances such as commercial airliners and taxicabs, as shown in the movie.

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Certain errors are made in the way senators are usually called upon or addressed in the Senate chamber. In the film, senators are almost always referred to as "The senior (or junior) senator from" a state, but in fact the terms senior or junior are seldom used in recognizing or referring to a senator on the floor or in committee. Also, when Senator Lafe Smith is called on during the climactic roll call and at first doesn't answer, the clerk repeats his name, at which point he responds "No". But in actual Senate practice a senator's name is not called a second time until after the initial roll call has been completed.

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Quotes

Bob Munson: Senators. A great leader is dead. A bitter loss for our country. A bitter personal loss for all of us here. I move we adjurn out of respect until further notice.

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Robert Leffingwell: Son, this is a Washington, D.C. kind of lie. It's when the other person knows you're lying, and also knows you *know* he knows.

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Senator Seabright Cooley: Haven't had this much fun since the cayenne pepper hit the fan!

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Faq

Q

Chicago Opening Happened When?

A

The hit film from Columbia, directed by Otto Preminger, Advice and Consent, opened in Chicago at the Woods theatre on Friday, June 8, 1962. The picture played several weeks.

Q

J. Edward McKinley---Was He Related to a U.S. President?

A

Chicago American, Tuesday, May 1, 1962, p. 15, c. 3:DOROTHY MANNERSJ. Edward McKinley, grandnephew of President William McKinley, began his acting career 3 years ago on a dare. He's in for good now with appearances in "Advise and Consent," "How The West Was Won" and two guest shots on Gunsmoke TV series . . ._________________________________

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