Advise and Consent
Capsule by Dave Kehr
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Otto Preminger, with his fine legal eye, deftly sorts the issues in this intelligent, shapely 1962 adaptation of Allen Drury's overstuffed novel. Preminger moves among a number of Washington stories--the nomination of a secretary of state (Henry Fonda), the blackmailing of a young senator (Don Murray), the vanquishing of a southern demagogue (Charles Laughton)--with impeccable grace, balancing the plot strands just as he balances his Panavision frames. With Walter Pidgeon, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, and Will Geer. 139 min.

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