The Senator Was Indiscreet

The Senator Was Indiscreet

🎞️ Movie 88 min US
โ˜… 6.5 /10 1947

He's the NEW candidate for the screen's HOWL of fame!

Dim-witted blowhard, Melvin G. Ashton, is a US Senator who wants to be President. He hires Lew Gibson, a talented PR man who gets Ashton in newsreels and on the front page, never thinking he'll win. But Ashton has a secret weapon: a diary documenting every shady deal his party's made for 35 years. With the diary, he blackmails the party leaders to support his candidacy, and he's on his way to the nomination. An unseen political enemy is after the diary, using the young and lovely Valerie Shepherd to get into the Senator's room. Plus, Lew's fiancée, reporter Poppy McNaughton thinks she can get her hands on it, too, and stop Ashton. Will the otherwise unemployable dope become President?

Cast

William Powell
William Powell
Senator Melvin G. Ashton
Ella Raines
Ella Raines
Poppy McNaughton
Peter Lind Hayes
Peter Lind Hayes
Lew Gibson
Arleen Whelan
Arleen Whelan
Valerie Shepherd
Ray Collins
Ray Collins
Houlihan
Allen Jenkins
Allen Jenkins
Farrell
Charles D. Brown
Charles D. Brown
Dinty
Hans Conried
Hans Conried
Karl - Waiter
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
Robert Oakes
Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons
You Know Who
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Daniele Amfitheatrof
Composer
William C. Mellor
William C. Mellor
Cinematographer