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| Advise and Consent
(1962) |
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142
minutes
Rated: NR
Country:
US
Studio: Warner
Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles
Laughton, Walter Pidgeon, Gene
Tierney, Don Murray, Lew Ayres,
Burgess Meredith, Franchot Tone,
Peter Lawford, Inga Swenson
Director: Otto Preminger
Screenwriter: Wendell Mayes |
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Synopsis |
| Preminger's
political thriller examines the dark
side of politics and its tragic
personal repercussions for an
essentially decent man. When a
President nominates a controversial
candidate for Secretary of State,
the political dealing and infighting
begins as dissident legislators are
willing to stoop even to blackmail
to stop his confirmation -- or
assure it. This 1962 film, like many
of Otto Preminger's other films,
tread on controversial territory,
namely homosexuality and
McCarthyism. The film contains a
scene set in a gay bar, an almost
unheard of image in a big-budget
film in 1962. |
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