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Message: [QUOTE="zymurg, post: 3588106, member: 667"] If you enjoy political films; you should try "Advise and Consent." This is Otto Preminger's version of Drury's novel. It focuses on the process of confirming a Secretary of State by the U>S. Senate. It was Charles Laughton's final film. He plays a salty, devious, Southerner who has been in the Senate for 40 years. He opposes the nomination of Robert J. Leffingwell, Henry Fonda. This has one of the best casts ever: Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, Don Murray, Franchot Tone, and Lew Ayers. The Senate isn't like that anymore, but I was an intern several years after the film came out, and I can testify to the accuracy of the portrayal even to senators using public transportation. Great performance by Laughton and a solid film. Preminger was one of the directors who cast actors who had been blacklisted; in this case Meredith and Tone. Well worth your time. [/QUOTE]