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.
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Robert Leffingwell
- Charles Laughton as Senator Seabright Cooley
- Don Murray as Senator Brigham Anderson
- Walter Pidgeon as Senate Majority Leader
- Peter Lawford as Senator Lafe Smith
- Gene Tierney as Dolly Harrison
- Franchot Tone as The President
- Lew Ayres as The Vice President
- Burgess Meredith as Herbert Gelman
- Eddie Hodges as Johnny Leffingwell