Advise and Consent (1962) Directed by Otto Preminger (138 minutes)

This film is a political drama about a fierce U.S. Senate battle over a controversial Secretary of State nominee, Robert Leffingwell. The confirmation hearings expose lies, political blackmail and hidden pasts, driving an idealistic senator to tragic despair as Washington politicians trade ethics for power. Staring Henry Fonda, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Peter Lawford and Burgess Meredith, this American political drama film is based on the 1959 novel, Advise and Consent, written by Allen Drury that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960.