The Senator Was Indiscreet
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.
Release Date
December 31, 1947Runtime
88 minRating
NRGenres
ComedyDirected by
George S. KaufmanWritten by
Charles MacArthurStory by
Edwin LanhamLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
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
William Forrest
U.S. Officer
Douglas Wood
University President
Claire Carleton
Ingrid Stuyvesant
Myrna Loy
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)Images
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