Advise & Consent 1962 DVD - Franchot Tone / Lew Ayres

The polarising search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.

Cast:

Henry Fonda as Robert A. Leffingwell, Administrator of the Office of Defense Mobilization
Charles Laughton as Senator Seabright "Seab" Cooley of South Carolina and president pro tempore of the Senate
Don Murray as Senator Brigham "Brig" Anderson of Utah
Walter Pidgeon as Senate Majority Leader Robert "Bob" Munson of Michigan
Peter Lawford as Senator Lafe Smith of Rhode Island
Gene Tierney as Dolly Harrison
Franchot Tone as President
Lew Ayres as Vice President Harley Hudson, former governor of Delaware
Burgess Meredith as Herbert Gelman
Eddie Hodges as Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford as Senate Majority Whip Stanley Danta of Connecticut
George Grizzard as Senator Frederick "Fred" Van Ackerman of Wyoming
Inga Swenson as Ellen Anderson
Edward Andrews as Senator Orrin Knox of Illinois
Paul McGrath as Hardiman Fletcher
Will Geer as Senate Minority Leader Warren Strickland of Idaho
Betty White as Senator Bessie Adams of Kansas
Malcolm Atterbury as Senator Tom August of Minnesota, chairman of Foreign Relations Committee
J. Edward McKinley as Senator Powell Hanson of New Mexico
Bill Quinn as Senator Paul Hendershot of Indiana
Tom Helmore as British ambassador
Irv Kupcinet as journalist
John Granger as Ray Schaff

Runtime: 138 Minutes