Advise & Consent
1962 · 139 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 7,776 VOTES · DIR. Otto Preminger
Overview
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,815 lines
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00:02:41 Thank you.
00:07:43 What's on your mind, Lafe?
00:13:05 He's not here. He went out.
00:18:43 - Senator, quorum call. - Opposed, sir. Diametrically opposed.
00:23:13 They have no purpose but to block criticism of Leffingwell.
00:28:20 - He's in the club, isn't he? - What club?
00:35:16 If not wholeheartedly, certainly without fear.
00:40:09 Well, sir, I might say the chairman's doing a pretty good job of it right now.
00:45:19 - Will you give Seab Cooley a free hand? - Oh, come on.
00:50:39 Mr. Gelman.
00:56:06 Look, you talk about being under oath.
01:02:10 He has enough votes sewed up to get you through on the floor.
01:08:03 I am telling the Senate exactly what happened.
01:12:56 Just let me know.
01:19:08 But in this case, his confirmation as secretary of state...
01:26:05 Hello, Seab.
01:33:23 When did I become the little woman who's supposed to sit at home and know nothing?
01:38:48 When he comes home, tell him to call me at Dolly Harrison's.
01:45:02 Newark Airport!
01:56:04 Did Brig have any idea about...
02:02:02 here in Washington.
02:07:11 ... free of political commitments, guided only by their own conviction...
02:11:25 - No. - Mr. Eaves.
02:18:00 [ENGLISH]
Cast & Characters
Franchot Tone
The President
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
Charles Laughton
Sen. Seabright Cooley
Don Murray
Sen. Brigham Anderson
Peter Lawford
Sen. Lafe Smith
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,815
Dialogue density13.1 lines / min
First line00:02:41
Final line02:18:00
Production Record
DirectorOtto Preminger
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,776