The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
1h 28m
Running Time
December 31, 1947Release Date
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
1h 28m
Running Time
December 31, 1947Release Date
Plot.
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
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Cast & Crew.
William Powell
Senator Melvin G. Ashton
Ella Raines
Poppy McNaughton
Peter Lind Hayes
Lew Gibson
Arleen Whelan
Valerie Shepherd
Ray Collins
Fred Houlihan
Allen Jenkins
Farrell
George S. Kaufman
Director
Charles D. Brown
Dinty
Charles MacArthur
Writer
Edwin Lanham
Writer
Hans Conried
Waiter
Nunnally Johnson
Producer
Whit Bissell
Robert Oakes
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Composer
Milton Parsons
'You Know Who'
Francis Pierlot
Frank
William C. Mellor
Cinematographer
Oliver Blake
Indian
Chief Thundercloud
Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
Chief Yowlachie
Indian
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian
Boyd Davis
Politico
Rodney Bell
Politico
Edward Clark
Eddie
Media.
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Wiki.
The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 American comedy film, the only movie directed by playwright, theatrical director/producer, humorist, and drama critic George S. Kaufman. Produced by Universal Pictures it starred William Powell as a dim-witted U.S. senator who decides to run for president, with Ella Raines as a reporter interested in the detailed diary he has kept about all the political misdeeds of his colleagues. Powell won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his performances in this film and in Life with Father.The film also was known as Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet (see photo).