---
title: 'Advise & Consent (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otto Preminger'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/advise-consent-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055728/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Advise & Consent (1962)

1962 · 138 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Advise & Consent is a 1962 American political drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Advise and Consent by Allen Drury, published in 1959. It was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger. The film, set in Washington, D.C., follows the nomination process of a man who commits perjury in confirmation hearings for his nomination as Secretary of State.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Producer:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Screenplay:** [Wendell Mayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-mayes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Fielding](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-fielding)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sam Leavitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-leavitt)
- **Editor:** [Louis R. Loeffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-r-loeffler)

## Cast

- [Larry Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-tucker)
- [Cay Forrester](https://cinepixo.com/people/cay-forrester)
- [Lew Ayres](https://cinepixo.com/people/lew-ayres)
- [Malcolm Atterbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-atterbury)
- [Inga Swenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/inga-swenson)
- [Bill Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-quinn)
- [Walter Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-reed)
- [Franchot Tone](https://cinepixo.com/people/franchot-tone)
- [George Grizzard](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-grizzard)
- [Will Geer](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-geer)
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)
- [Betty White](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-white)
- [Gene Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-tierney)
- [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith)
- [Eddie Hodges](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-hodges)

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