The Senator Was Indiscreet

The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947Comedy88 mins
★★★★★

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.

  • George S. Kaufman

    Director

  • Edwin Lanham

    Story

  • Charles MacArthur

    Writer

  • 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

  • Charles D. Brown

    Dinty

  • Hans Conried

    Waiter

  • Whit Bissell

    Robert Oakes

  • Milton Parsons

    'You Know Who'

  • Francis Pierlot

    Frank

  • 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

  • Cynthia Corley

    Helen

  • William Forrest

    U.S. Officer

  • Douglas Wood

    University President

  • George Mann

    Texan

  • Claire Carleton

    Ingrid Stuyvesant

  • William Vedder

    Book Dealer

  • Nina Lunn

    Girl in Elevator

  • John Wald

    Broadcaster

  • Vincent Pelletier

    Quiz Master

  • Myrna Loy

    Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    88 minutes

    Released

    1947-12-31

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Universal Pictures

    Inter-John Productions

    Updated

    71 days ago

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