Starring Cast
Key crew
Director
Screenplay
Based on
Allen Drury
Producers
Music
Cinematography
Editor
Production design
Costume design
Bill Blass
Full cast
90 cast membersRene Paul
French Ambassador
Janet Jane Carty
Pidge Anderson
Hilary Eaves
Lady Maudulayne
Tiki Santos
Senator Kanaho
John Granger
Ray Shaff
Robert C. Wilson
Journalist #2
Alan Emory
Journalist #3
Jesse Stearns Buscher
Journalist #4
Milton Berliner
Journalist #5
Allan W. Cromley
Journalist #6
William Knighton
WHCA President
Guy M. Gillette
Senator Harper
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Senator McCafferty
Raj Mallick
Indian Ambassador
Joe Baird
Senator (uncredited)
Mario Cimino
Senator (uncredited)
Polly Guggenheim
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Helen Hardin
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Evelyn Lincoln
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Carlisle Runge
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Louis Scheyven
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Marion Lloyd Stearns White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Harty Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Jerry Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Byron White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew by department
45 crew membersDirecting
Otto Preminger
Director
Charles Bohart
Assistant Director
Don Kranze
Assistant Director
Larry Powell
Assistant Director
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
L. V. McCardle Jr.
First Assistant Director
Writing
Allen Drury
Novel
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay
Camera
Editing
Sound
Art
Eli Benneche
Set Decoration
Meyer M. Gordon
Property Master
Lyle R. Wheeler
Production Design
Arnold Pine
Construction Manager
Costume & Makeup
Myrl Stoltz
Hairstylist
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Bill Blass
Costume Designer
Adele Parmenter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Hope Bryce
Costume Coordinator
Joe King
Wardrobe Supervisor
Michael Harte
Wardrobe Supervisor