Advise & Consent (film)
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Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
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| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Screenplay by | Wendell Mayes |
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Advise and Consent by Allen Drury |
| Starring |
Henry Fonda Charles Laughton Don Murray Walter Pidgeon Peter Lawford Gene Tierney Paul Ford George Grizzard |
| Music by | Jerry Fielding |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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139 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Advise & Consent is a 1962 American neo noir motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Allen Drury, published in 1959.
The movie was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger. The ensemble cast features Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Eddie Hodges, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Betty White and others.
The title derives from the United States Constitution's Article II, Sec. 2, cl. 2, which provides that the President of the United States "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States". The film, set in Washington, D.C., follows the consequences of a Presidential nomination for Secretary of State of a man with a hidden past who commits perjury in the course of confirmation proceedings.
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