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Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
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Jun 6, 1962
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$2.0M
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Otto Preminger Films
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Cast
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Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
C
Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley
D
Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson
W
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
P
Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith
G
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
F
Franchot Tone
The President
L
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
B
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
E
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
P
Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta
G
George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman
I
Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson
F
Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)
E
Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox
P
Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher
W
Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader
B
Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams
T
Tom Helmore
British Ambassador
P
Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn
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