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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.
The Senator Was Indiscreet: Directed by George S. Kaufman. With William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes, Arleen Whelan. 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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- Comedy
- George S. Kaufman
- 1948-12-03
by. George S. Kaufman. Publication date. 1947. Topics. William Powell, Myrna Loy, George Kaufman, McCarthy, rare film, politics. Language. English. Political comedy starring William Powell, his last film with Myrna Loy.
- 78 min
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.
- George S. Kaufman, Jack Voglin
- William Powell
Dim-witted blowhard Melvin G. Ashton is a U.S. 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.
The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 comedy film directed by George S. Kaufman starring 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.
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The Senator Was Indiscreet ★★★ Mr. Ashton was Indiscreet 1947. A farcical comedy concerning a slightly loony senator with presidential as pirations. He thinks he can win the nomination because he keeps a diary that would prove embarrassing to numerous colleagues.