Filmmakers
Above the lineOP
Director
Otto Preminger
WM
Screenplay
Wendell Mayes
SL
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
LL
Editing
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
JF
Music
Jerry Fielding
Original Music Composer
LW
Production Design
Lyle R. Wheeler
Cast
90HF
Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
CL
Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley
DM
Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson
WP
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
PL
Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith
GT
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
FT
Franchot Tone
The President
LA
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
BM
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
EH
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
PF
Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta
GG
George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman
IS
Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson
FS
Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)
EA
Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox
PM
Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher
WG
Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader
BW
Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams
TH
Tom Helmore
British Ambassador
RP
Rene Paul
French Ambassador
PS
Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn
RB
Russ Brown
Night Watchman Mike
MA
Malcolm Atterbury
Senator Tom August
JC
Janet Jane Carty
Pidge Anderson
HE
Hilary Eaves
Lady Maudulayne
MM
Michele Montau
Celestine Barre
JM
J. Edward McKinley
Senator Powell Hanson
BQ
Bill Quinn
Senator Paul Hendershot
TS
Tiki Santos
Senator Kanaho
RL
Raoul De Leon
Senator Velez
CS
Chet Stratton
Rev. Carney Birch
LT
Larry Tucker
Manuel
BM
Betty Murray
Senator Lafe Smith's Girlfriend
JG
John Granger
Ray Shaff
SG
Sid Gould
Bartender
MD
Meyer Davis
Orchestra Conductor
IK
Irv Kupcinet
Journalist #1
RW
Robert C. Wilson
Journalist #2
AE
Alan Emory
Journalist #3
JB
Jesse Stearns Buscher
Journalist #4
MB
Milton Berliner
Journalist #5
AC
Allan W. Cromley
Journalist #6
WK
William Knighton
WHCA President
GG
Guy M. Gillette
Senator Harper
HA
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Senator McCafferty
RM
Raj Mallick
Indian Ambassador
LA
Leon Alton
Senator (uncredited)
WB
Walter Bacon
Senator (uncredited)
JB
Joe Baird
Senator (uncredited)
EB
Eddie Baker
Senator (uncredited)
BB
Brandon Beach
Senator (uncredited)
MC
Mario Cimino
Senator (uncredited)
RC
Roger Clark
Senator (uncredited)
PC
Paul Cristo
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
HD
Harry Denny
Senator (uncredited)
GD
George DeNormand
Senator (uncredited)
GF
George Ford
Senator (uncredited)
CF
Cay Forester
President's Secretary (uncredited)
BG
Bobby Gilbert
Senator (uncredited)
PG
Polly Guggenheim
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
CH
Clive Halliday
Senator (uncredited)
HH
Helen Hardin
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
VJ
Virgil Johansen
Senator (uncredited)
KK
Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
JC
Joseph La Cava
Senator (uncredited)
EL
Evelyn Lincoln
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
AM
Al McGranary
Senator (uncredited)
WM
William Meader
Senator (uncredited)
HM
Harold Miller
Senate Official (uncredited)
SM
Sol Murgi
Senator (uncredited)
NP
Norman Papson
Gay Bar Patron (uncredited)
CP
Charles Perry
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
PP
Paul Power
Senator (uncredited)
WR
Walter Reed
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
LR
Leoda Richards
Senator (uncredited)
CR
Clark Ross
Senator (uncredited)
JR
John Roy
Reporter (uncredited)
CR
Carlisle Runge
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
DR
Dick Ryan
Senator (uncredited)
JS
Jeffrey Sayre
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
LS
Louis Scheyven
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
BS
Bernard Sell
Senator (uncredited)
SS
Stephen Soldi
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
MW
Marion Lloyd Stearns White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
HT
Hal Taggart
Senator (uncredited)
WT
Wayne Tucker
Journalist (uncredited)
HW
Harty Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
JW
Jerry Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
BW
Byron White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
SJ
Scoop Jackson
Drink Refuser (uncredited)
Departments
39Production
- Otto PremingerProducer
- Max SlaterProducer's Assistant
- David De SilvaProduction Assistant
- Jack McEdwardProduction Manager
- Florence NerlingerProduction Secretary
- Henry WeinbergerUnit Manager
Camera
- Saul MidwallCamera Operator
- Emil OsterCamera Operator
- Morris RosenKey Grip
- Al St. HilaireStill Photographer
- Josh WeinerStill Photographer
Sound
- Lee OsborneMusic Editor
- Frank SinatraSongs
- Harold LewisSound
- William HamiltonSound
- Leon BirnbaumSound Effects Editor
- Murray SpivackSound Recordist
Art
- Arnold PineConstruction Manager
- Saul BassMain Title Designer
- Meyer M. GordonProperty Master
- Eli BennecheSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Hope BryceCostume Coordinator
- Bill BlassCostume Designer
- Myrl StoltzHairstylist
- Del ArmstrongMakeup Artist
- Robert JirasMakeup Artist
- Adele ParmenterWardrobe Supervisor
- Joe KingWardrobe Supervisor
- Michael HarteWardrobe Supervisor
Lighting
- James AlmondGaffer
Crew
- Allen DruryTechnical Advisor
Writing
- Ned WashingtonLyricist
- Allen DruryNovel
- Loring MandelTheatre Play
Directing
- Larry PowellAssistant Director
- Charles BohartAssistant Director
- Don KranzeAssistant Director
- L. V. McCardle Jr.First Assistant Director
- Kathleen FaganScript Supervisor