The Senator Was Indiscreet
The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 comedy film starring William Powell as a dimwitted U.S. senator who decides to run for president, with Ella Raines as a reporter interested in the detailed diary he has kept about all the political misdeeds of his colleagues. Powell won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his performance.
The inept, somewhat slowwitted U.S. senator Melvin G. Ashton wants to run for President of the United States. His eager publicist, Lew Gibson, encourages him with various attentiongaining stunts, disappointing his girlfriend Poppy McNaughton, a reporter at a local newspaper.When Ashton arrives to his hotel in New York City, The Westbrook, he is asked by his publicist to attend a ceremony and accept a membership into the Cherokee native tribe, for purely publicity purposes. Craving good publicity, Ashton eagerly agrees to do this. ........
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