'Advise and Consent' - Charles Laughton's last movie

In 'Advise and Consent', Charles Laughton played a right-wing Southern senator (Seeb Cooley) wholly opposed to the US President's appointment of a new Secretary of State (the equivalent of the UK's Foreign Secretary) named Robert A. Leffingwell (played by Henry Fonda). The appointment has to be approved by the Senate but Cooley believes the Leffingwell character to be a left-wing appeaser and urges his fellow senators to reject him. Also in this clip are Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon and Peter Lawford. This was Laughton's last film role and he died of cancer only a few months after the movie's release in 1962. His roster of films included many great screen portrayals in the 1930s, such as Henry VIII, Nero, Captain Bligh, Rembrandt, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His last films in the 1950s and '60s were also memorable and included Hobson's Choice, Witness for the Prosecution, Spartacus, and the only film he directed, The Night of the Hunter.

NOTE: A complete 'Laughton Filmography' can be seen via this link ...

Charles Laughton - Filmography of a G...

You may also like to see actor Simon Callow's 1987 TV tribute documentary entitled "Callow's Laughton" ...

Simon Callow's Charles Laughton tribu...

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