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Overview
Release Date:
6 June 1962 (USA) moreTagline:
Are the men and women of Washington really like this?Plot:
Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A Fun Didactic Old Thing moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Henry Fonda | ... | Robert A. 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 | ... | Vice President Harley Hudson | |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Herbert Gelman | |
| Eddie Hodges | ... | Johnny Leffingwell | |
| Paul Ford | ... | Senator Stanley Danta | |
| George Grizzard | ... | Senator Fred Van Ackerman | |
| Inga Swenson | ... | Ellen Anderson | |
| Frank Sinatra | ... | Himself, Club 602 Singer on Jukebox (voice) | |
| Edward Andrews | ... | Senator Orrin Knox |
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139 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | UK:PG (TV rating) | UK:U (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | Australia:M | USA:Approved (PCA #20078)Filming Locations:
Caucus Room, United States Capitol - 545 Seventh Street SE, Washington, District of Columbia, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury, who was a congressional correspondent for The New York Times during the 1950s, while he was writing the book. Nearly every character is based on a real person (Lafe Smith is based on John F. Kennedy; Orrin Knox is based on Robert A. Taft, Fred Van Ackerman is based on Joseph McCarthy and the president is modeled on Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Even the blackmailing on Brig Anderson, and how it's resolved, is based on a real incident. And the Leffingwell nomination is based on the House Un-American Activities Committee investigation of Alger Hiss. moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: 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. moreQuotes:
Fred Van Ackerman: What I did was for the good of the country.Bob Munson: Fortunately our country always manages to survive patriots like you.
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So condescending, to everyone. Washington socialite Gene Tirney comes into the public gallery of Congress escorting two diplomat's wives, the British and the French. She gives the French wife a lesson into the workings of Congress, the French lady doesn't seem to know anything about the American executive branch or understand it. Why didn't the French sue? Or women for that matter. Behind the camera there is a man with a tyrannic brain a misogynistic eye and a very old sensibility, if any. What's fun about this politically incorrect tired tale is precisely the incorrectness, the melodramatic turn and Charles Laughton. Betrayal and conspiracy in the corridors of power has always been a favorite subject from Shakespeare and beyond but here there is a massive problem and I can't decide whether it takes itself too seriously or not seriously enough. See it by yourself and enjoy a terrific Laughton.