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ADIVSE & CONSENT

 1962 American neo noir motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 

of the same name by Allen Drury, published in 1959.

The movie was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger. 

The ensemble cast features Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, 

Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Eddie Hodges, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Betty White and others.

The title derives from the United States Constitution's Article II, Sec. 2, cl. 2, 

which provides that the President of the United States "shall nominate, and by and with the

 Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States".

 The film, set in Washington, D.C., follows the consequences of a Presidential nomination 

for Secretary of State of a man with a hidden past who commits perjury 

in the course of confirmation proceedings.

The film features the screen debut of legendary actress Betty White

 as Senator Bessie Adams of Kansas.

The film is also the first mainstream film to feature a scene in a gay male bar- 

unheard of at the time.