
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

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
JA
James Almond
Lighting
AP
Arnold Pine
Art
MR
Morris Rosen
Camera
AP
Adele Parmenter
Costume & Make-Up
JK
Joe King
Costume & Make-Up
MH
Michael Harte
Costume & Make-Up
MMG
Meyer M. Gordon
Art

Saul Bass
Art
LRL
Louis R. Loeffler
Editing
MS
Murray Spivack
Sound
MS
Max Slater
Production
HW
Henry Weinberger
Production
FN
Florence Nerlinger
Production
DDS
David De Silva
Production
HB
Hope Bryce
Costume & Make-Up
LP
Larry Powell
Directing
CB
Charles Bohart
Directing
BB
Bill Blass
Costume & Make-Up
AD
Allen Drury
Crew
LVMJ
L. V. McCardle Jr.
Directing
NW
Ned Washington
Writing

Frank Sinatra
Sound

Loring Mandel
Writing

Otto Preminger
Directing

Otto Preminger
Production
WM
Wendell Mayes
Writing
AD
Allen Drury
Writing
LRW
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art
EB
Eli Benneche
Art
DA
Del Armstrong
Costume & Make-Up
RJ
Robert Jiras
Costume & Make-Up
MS
Myrl Stoltz
Costume & Make-Up
JM
Jack McEdward
Production

Sam Leavitt
Camera

Jerry Fielding
Sound
DK
Don Kranze
Directing
LB
Leon Birnbaum
Sound
HL
Harold Lewis
Sound
SM
Saul Midwall
Camera
EO
Emil Oster
Camera
ASH
Al St. Hilaire
Camera
JW
Josh Weiner
Camera
LO
Lee Osborne
Sound
KF
Kathleen Fagan
Directing
WH
William Hamilton
Sound



















