Advise & Consent (film)

Advise amp Consent is a 1962 American neo noir motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prizewinning novel of the same name by Allen Drury, published in 1959.

The President of the United States Franchot Tone nominates Robert A. Leffingwell Henry Fonda as Secretary of State. The secondterm President, who unknown to the public is ill, has chosen Leffingwell because he does not believe that Vice President Harley Hudson Lew Ayressomeone he and others generally tolerate or ignorecould successfully continue the administrations foreign policy, should he die.Leffingwells nomination is controversial within the United States Senate which, using its advice and consent powers, must either approve or reject the appointment. Both the Presidents party, the majority, and the minority are divided. Majority Leader Bob Munson Walter Pidgeon, the senior senator from Michigan, loyally supports the nominee despite his doubts, as do the hardworking Majority Whip Stanley Danta Paul Ford of Connecticut and womanizer Lafe Smith Peter Lawford of Rhode Island. Demagogic peace advocate Fred Van Ackerman George Grizzard of Wyoming is especially supportive. Although also of the majority party, President pro tempore and curmudgeon Seabright Seeb Cooley Charles Laughton of South Carolina dislikes Leffingwell for both personal and professional reasons, and leads the opposition. The divided opinion of the nominee spills over even into the social setting of a party thrown by Washington society hostess Dolly Harrison Gene Tierney. In private, the Vice President tells the majority leader that someone should at least inform him if it is true that the President is seriously ill. ........

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