Advise & Consent (1962) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Otto Preminger.

Cast

• Henry Fonda as Robert Leffingwell
• Charles Laughton as Senator Seabright Cooley
• Don Murray as Senator Brigham Anderson
• Walter Pidgeon as Senate Majority Leader
• Peter Lawford as Senator Lafe Smith
• Gene Tierney as Dolly Harrison
• Franchot Tone as The President
• Lew Ayres as The Vice President
• Burgess Meredith as Herbert Gelman
• Eddie Hodges as Johnny Leffingwell
• Paul Ford as Senator Stanley Danta
• George Grizzard as Senator Fred van Ackerman
• Inga Swenson as Ellen Anderson
• Frank Sinatra as Self (voice)
• Edward Andrews as Senator Orrin Knox
• Paul McGrath as Hardiman Fletcher
• Will Geer as Senate Minority Leader
• Betty White as Senator Bessie Adams
• Tom Helmore as British Ambassador
• Rene Paul as French Ambassador
• Paul Stevens as Louis Newborn
• Russ Brown as Night Watchman Mike
• Malcolm Atterbury as Senator Tom August
• Janet Jane Carty as Pidge Anderson
• Hilary Eaves as Lady Maudulayne
• Michele Montau as Celestine Barre
• J. Edward McKinley as Senator Powell Hanson
• Bill Quinn as Senator Paul Hendershot
• Tiki Santos as Senator Kanaho
• Raoul De Leon as Senator Velez
• Chet Stratton as Rev. Carney Birch
• Larry Tucker as Manuel
• Betty Murray as Senator Lafe Smith's Girlfriend
• John Granger as Ray Shaff
• Sid Gould as Bartender
• Meyer Davis as Orchestra Conductor
• Irv Kupcinet as Journalist #1
• Robert C. Wilson as Journalist #2
• Alan Emory as Journalist #3
• Jesse Stearns Buscher as Journalist #4

Crew

• Otto Preminger — Director
• Wendell Mayes — Screenplay
• Allen Drury — Novel
• Otto Preminger — Producer
• Sam Leavitt — Director of Photography
• Jerry Fielding — Original Music Composer

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