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Robert Leffingwell is the presidents nominee for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must go through a Senate investigation to determine if hes qualified. Leading the Senate committee is idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, who soon finds himself unprepared for the opposition and political dirt thats revealed, including Leffingwells past affiliations with a Communist organization. When Leffingwell testifies about his political leanings, he proves his innocence. Later, however, Anderson learns that he lied under oath and asks the president to withdraw Leffingwell from consideration, especially after the young senator and his wife begins receiving blackmail threats about a skeleton in his own closet.
When the President of the United States nominates Robert A. Leffingwell to the post of Secretary of State, its left to the U.S. Senate to confirm that appointment. Leffingwell is eminently qualified for the post but is seen by many in both parties, especially Senator Seabright Cooley, as an appeaser and soft on Communism. The Senate Majority Leader, Bob Munson, appoints an up and coming young Senator, Brigham Anderson, to chair the sub-committee reviewing the nomination. The hearings soon becomes a communist witch hunt with Leffingwell denying any communist affiliations or leanings. When Anderson learns that Leffingham did in fact attend several meetings of a communist cell and lied to the committee, he refuses to support the nomination. Thats when he and his wife start to receive phone calls threatening to reveal something from his past unless he supports the Leffingham nomination.
Franchot Tone
The President
Lew Ayres
The Vice President
Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell
Walter Pidgeon
Senate Majority Leader
Charles Laughton
Sen. Seabright Cooley
Don Murray
Sen. Brigham Anderson
Peter Lawford
Sen. Lafe Smith
Gene Tierney
Dolly Harrison
Burgess Meredith
Herbert Gelman
Eddie Hodges
Johnny Leffingwell
Paul Ford
Sen. Stanley Danta
George Grizzard
Sen. Fred Van Ackerman
Inga Swenson
Ellen Anderson
Paul McGrath
Hardiman Fletcher
Will Geer
Senate Minority Leader
Edward Andrews
Sen. Orrin Knox
Betty White
Sen. Bessie Adams
Malcolm Atterbury
Sen. Tom August
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