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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. The film was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger.
Advise and Consent is a 1959 political fiction novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell, whose promotion is endangered due to growing evidence that the nominee had been a member of the Communist Party.
- Allen Drury
- 1959
Advise & Consent: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon. The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.
- (7.5K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Otto Preminger
- 1962-06-06
Oct 10, 2020 · Advise and Consent (1962) Henry Fonda, Don Murray - Drama. The first of Allen Drury's "all names changed to protect the guilty" political novels, Advise and Consent was brought to the...
- 138 min
- 113.5K
- Classic Studio
Advise and Consent debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in August 1959 and didn’t leave until July 1961, a stay that fell two weeks short of two years. It rose to the top against novels we now consider classics: Exodus , Lady Chatterley’s Lover , Doctor Zhivago .
Based on the lauded novel by Allen Drury, this political drama depicts the debate sparked when controversial candidate Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda) is nominated as U.S. Secretary of State.
- (13)
- Drama, LGBTQ+
Thought by many to be the best film about American politics, Advise & Consent was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury. As with other projects, Saul generated many idea sketches. Among them, politicians appear as puppets on a string, or as mechanical toys to be wound up at will.
