
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
Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson
Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)
Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox
Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher
Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader
Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams
Tom Helmore
British Ambassador
RP
Rene Paul
French Ambassador
Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn
Russ Brown
Night Watchman Mike
Malcolm Atterbury
Senator Tom August
JJC
Janet Jane Carty
Pidge Anderson
HE
Hilary Eaves
Lady Maudulayne
Michele Montau
Celestine Barre
J. Edward McKinley
Senator Powell Hanson
BQ
Bill Quinn
Senator Paul Hendershot
TS
Tiki Santos
Senator Kanaho
RDL
Raoul De Leon
Senator Velez
CS
Chet Stratton
Rev. Carney Birch
Larry Tucker
Manuel
BM
Betty Murray
Senator Lafe Smith's Girlfriend
JG
John Granger
Ray Shaff
Sid Gould
Bartender
MD
Meyer Davis
Orchestra Conductor
IK
Irv Kupcinet
Journalist #1
RCW
Robert C. Wilson
Journalist #2
AE
Alan Emory
Journalist #3
JSB
Jesse Stearns Buscher
Journalist #4
MB
Milton Berliner
Journalist #5
AWC
Allan W. Cromley
Journalist #6
WK
William Knighton
WHCA President
GMG
Guy M. Gillette
Senator Harper
HFA
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Senator McCafferty
RM
Raj Mallick
Indian Ambassador
LA
Leon Alton
Senator (uncredited)
WB
Walter Bacon
Senator (uncredited)
JB
Joe Baird
Senator (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Senator (uncredited)
BB
Brandon Beach
Senator (uncredited)
MC
Mario Cimino
Senator (uncredited)
Roger Clark
Senator (uncredited)
PC
Paul Cristo
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
HD
Harry Denny
Senator (uncredited)
GD
George DeNormand
Senator (uncredited)
GF
George Ford
Senator (uncredited)
Cay Forester
President's Secretary (uncredited)
BG
Bobby Gilbert
Senator (uncredited)
PG
Polly Guggenheim
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
CH
Clive Halliday
Senator (uncredited)
HH
Helen Hardin
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
HJ
Henry Jackson
Drink Refuser (uncredited)
VJ
Virgil Johansen
Senator (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
JLC
Joseph La Cava
Senator (uncredited)
EL
Evelyn Lincoln
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
AM
Al McGranary
Senator (uncredited)
WM
William Meader
Senator (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Senate Official (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Senator (uncredited)
NP
Norman Papson
Gay Bar Patron (uncredited)
CP
Charles Perry
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
PP
Paul Power
Senator (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Senator (uncredited)
CR
Clark Ross
Senator (uncredited)
JR
John Roy
Reporter (uncredited)
CR
Carlisle Runge
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
DR
Dick Ryan
Senator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
LS
Louis Scheyven
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
BS
Bernard Sell
Senator (uncredited)
SS
Stephen Soldi
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
MLSW
Marion Lloyd Stearns White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Senator (uncredited)
WT
Wayne Tucker
Journalist (uncredited)
HW
Harty Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
JW
Jerry Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
BW
Byron White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
MR
Morris Rosen
Camera
AP
Adele Parmenter
Costume & Make-Up
JA
James Almond
Lighting
MMG
Meyer M. Gordon
Art
Saul Bass
Art
AD
Allen Drury
Crew
MH
Michael Harte
Costume & Make-Up
LVMJ
L. V. McCardle Jr.
Directing
AP
Arnold Pine
Art
LRL
Louis R. Loeffler
Editing
JK
Joe King
Costume & Make-Up
MS
Max Slater
Production
DDS
David De Silva
Production
NW
Ned Washington
Writing
MS
Murray Spivack
Sound
HB
Hope Bryce
Costume & Make-Up
CB
Charles Bohart
Directing
BB
Bill Blass
Costume & Make-Up
FN
Florence Nerlinger
Production
LP
Larry Powell
Directing
HW
Henry Weinberger
Production
Frank Sinatra
Sound
Loring Mandel
Writing
EB
Eli Benneche
Art
Otto Preminger
Directing
RJ
Robert Jiras
Costume & Make-Up
MS
Myrl Stoltz
Costume & Make-Up
WM
Wendell Mayes
Writing
AD
Allen Drury
Writing
Otto Preminger
Production
LRW
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art
DA
Del Armstrong
Costume & Make-Up
JM
Jack McEdward
Production
SL
Sam Leavitt
Camera
JF
Jerry Fielding
Sound
ASH
Al St. Hilaire
Camera
LO
Lee Osborne
Sound
LB
Leon Birnbaum
Sound
HL
Harold Lewis
Sound
JW
Josh Weiner
Camera
KF
Kathleen Fagan
Directing
EO
Emil Oster
Camera
DK
Don Kranze
Directing
SM
Saul Midwall
Camera
WH
William Hamilton
Sound