Plot
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.
Cast
Henry Fonda
Robert 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
The Vice President
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta
George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman
Crew
Otto Preminger
Director
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay
Otto Preminger
Producer
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Jerry Fielding
Original Music Composer
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