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
Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
Sen. Seabright Cooley (Charles Laughton) speaking against the Leffingwell nomination on the Senate floor
Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian-American film and theatre director, film producer and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre, and was one
Advise & Consent
…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…
Preminger in 1976, photographed by Allan Warren
Preminger (sitting) with (left to right) Liane Haid, Oskar Karlweis, Paul Abraham, Tibor Halmay, and Rosy Barsony in 1934
Preminger and author John D. Voelker in the trailer for Anatomy of a Murder
The niche of Otto Preminger in Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)