Directed by:
Otto PremingerScreenplay:
Wendell MayesCinematography:
Sam LeavittComposer:
Jerry FieldingCast:
Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Gene Tierney, Burgess Meredith, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Paul Ford (more)VOD (1)
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Preminger's political thriller examines the dark side of politics and its tragic personal repercussions for an essentially decent man. When a President nominates a controversial candidate for Secretary of State, the political dealing and infighting begins as dissident legislators are willing to stoop even to blackmail to stop his confirmation -- or assure it. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Edward Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948881_bc8707.jpg)
Edward Andrews
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Avanti! (1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Bill Quinn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000246_8fa36a.gif)
Bill Quinn
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Birds (1963)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Clark Ross
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Funny Girl (1968)
Advise and Consent (1962)
Hal Taggart
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![George DeNormand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/923/159923513_2f8dca.jpg)
George DeNormand
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
![Leon Alton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/927/159927642_3867f4.jpg)
Leon Alton
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Paul Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/136/160136749_1739b6.jpg)
Paul Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Patton (1970)
Advise and Consent (1962)
Exodus (1960)
![Walter Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/302/160302553_d3d9ec.jpg)
Walter Reed
USA
Best movies:
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Advise and Consent (1962)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Sol Murgi
Italy
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Casablanca (1942)
Bernard Sell
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Paul Cristo
Greece
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Charles Perry
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brute Force (1947)
Chet Stratton
USA
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1953)
Advise and Consent (1962)
Lover Come Back (1961)
J. Edward McKinley
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
Cimarron (1960)
The Party (1968)
Cay Forester
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
D.O.A. (1949)
To Please a Lady (1950)
Joseph La Cava
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Compulsion (1959)
William Meader
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Sound of Music (1965)