Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

• Otto Preminger Films
• Henry Fonda
• Charles Laughton
• Don Murray
• Walter Pidgeon
• Peter Lawford
• Gene Tierney
• Franchot Tone
• Lew Ayres