The Senator Was Indiscreet

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The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 American political satire film starring William Powell as an inept, publicity-hungry U.S. senator.

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instanceOf film
political satire film
basedOn story by Charles MacArthur
characterPortrayedBy Fred Houlihan – Ray Collins NERFINISHED
Lew Gibson – Peter Lind Hayes NERFINISHED
Poppy McNaughton – Ella Raines NERFINISHED
Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy George Barnes NERFINISHED
colorProcess black and white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director George S. Kaufman NERFINISHED
distributedBy Universal Pictures
editedBy Paul Weatherwax NERFINISHED
filmingProcess 35 mm
format black-and-white film
genre comedy
political satire
hasCharacter Fred Houlihan NERFINISHED
Lew Gibson NERFINISHED
Poppy McNaughton NERFINISHED
Senator Melvin G. Ashton NERFINISHED
hasGenreElement farce
political comedy
hasTitleType feature film
mainSubject United States senators NERFINISHED
political publicity
musicBy Daniele Amfitheatrof NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus an inept publicity-hungry U.S. senator
notableFor satire of U.S. political campaigning
originalLanguage English
partOf American political satire cinema
producer Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED
productionCompany Nunnally Johnson Productions NERFINISHED
releaseDecade 1940s films
releaseYear 1947
runtimeMinutes 75
screenwriter Charles MacArthur NERFINISHED
Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED
starring Arleen Whelan NERFINISHED
Charles Dingle NERFINISHED
Ella Raines NERFINISHED
Hans Conried NERFINISHED
Peter Lind Hayes NERFINISHED
Ray Collins NERFINISHED
William Powell NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th-century American politics

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George S. Kaufman notableWork The Senator Was Indiscreet