Credits
Cast

Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell

Charles Laughton
Senator Seabright Cooley

Don Murray
Senator Brigham Anderson

Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader

Peter Lawford
Senator Lafe Smith

Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison

Franchot Tone
The President

Lew Ayres
The Vice President

Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman

Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell

Paul Ford
Senator Stanley Danta

George Grizzard
Senator Fred van Ackerman

Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson

Frank Sinatra
Self (voice)

Edward Andrews
Senator Orrin Knox

Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher

Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader

Betty White
Senator Bessie Adams

Tom Helmore
British Ambassador
Rene Paul
French Ambassador

Paul Stevens
Louis Newborn

Russ Brown
Night Watchman Mike

Malcolm Atterbury
Senator Tom August
Janet Jane Carty
Pidge Anderson
Hilary Eaves
Lady Maudulayne

Michele Montau
Celestine Barre

J. Edward McKinley
Senator Powell Hanson
Bill Quinn
Senator Paul Hendershot
Tiki Santos
Senator Kanaho
Raoul De Leon
Senator Velez
Chet Stratton
Rev. Carney Birch

Larry Tucker
Manuel
Betty Murray
Senator Lafe Smith's Girlfriend
John Granger
Ray Shaff

Sid Gould
Bartender
Meyer Davis
Orchestra Conductor
Irv Kupcinet
Journalist #1
Robert C. Wilson
Journalist #2
Alan Emory
Journalist #3
Jesse Stearns Buscher
Journalist #4
Milton Berliner
Journalist #5
Allan W. Cromley
Journalist #6
William Knighton
WHCA President
Guy M. Gillette
Senator Harper
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Senator McCafferty
Raj Mallick
Indian Ambassador

Leon Alton
Senator (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Senator (uncredited)
Joe Baird
Senator (uncredited)

Eddie Baker
Senator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Senator (uncredited)
Mario Cimino
Senator (uncredited)

Roger Clark
Senator (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Senator (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Senator (uncredited)
George Ford
Senator (uncredited)

Cay Forester
President's Secretary (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Senator (uncredited)
Polly Guggenheim
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Clive Halliday
Senator (uncredited)
Helen Hardin
Washington Socialite (uncredited)
Henry Jackson
Drink Refuser (uncredited)
Virgil Johansen
Senator (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Chamber Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Senator (uncredited)
Evelyn Lincoln
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Al McGranary
Senator (uncredited)
William Meader
Senator (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Senate Official (uncredited)

Sol Murgi
Senator (uncredited)
Norman Papson
Gay Bar Patron (uncredited)
Charles Perry
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Paul Power
Senator (uncredited)

Walter Reed
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Senator (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Senator (uncredited)

John Roy
Reporter (uncredited)
Carlisle Runge
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Senator (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Louis Scheyven
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Senator (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Marion Lloyd Stearns White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Hal Taggart
Senator (uncredited)
Wayne Tucker
Journalist (uncredited)
Harty Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Jerry Wadsworth
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Byron White
Washington Party Guest (uncredited)
Art
Arnold Pine
Construction Manager

Saul Bass
Main Title Designer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Production Design
Meyer M. Gordon
Property Master
Eli Benneche
Set Decoration
Camera
Saul Midwall
Camera Operator
Emil Oster
Camera Operator

Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Morris Rosen
Key Grip
Josh Weiner
Still Photographer
Al St. Hilaire
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
Hope Bryce
Costume Coordinator
Bill Blass
Costume Designer
Myrl Stoltz
Hairstylist
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Joe King
Wardrobe Supervisor
Adele Parmenter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Michael Harte
Wardrobe Supervisor
Crew
Allen Drury
Technical Advisor, Novel
Directing
Don Kranze
Assistant Director
Larry Powell
Assistant Director
Charles Bohart
Assistant Director

Otto Preminger
Director, Producer
L. V. McCardle Jr.
First Assistant Director
Kathleen Fagan
Script Supervisor
Editing
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Lighting
James Almond
Gaffer
Production
Max Slater
Producer's Assistant
David De Silva
Production Assistant
Jack McEdward
Production Manager
Florence Nerlinger
Production Secretary
Henry Weinberger
Unit Manager
Sound
Lee Osborne
Music Editor

Jerry Fielding
Original Music Composer

Frank Sinatra
Songs
Harold Lewis
Sound
William Hamilton
Sound
Leon Birnbaum
Sound Effects Editor
Murray Spivack
Sound Recordist
Writing
Ned Washington
Lyricist
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay

Loring Mandel
Theatre Play