

The Senator Was Indiscreet(1947)
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Overview
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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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
Boyd Davis
Politico
Rodney Bell
Politico
Edward Clark
Eddie
Cynthia Corley
Helen

William Forrest
U.S. Officer

Douglas Wood
University President
George Mann
Texan

Claire Carleton
Ingrid Stuyvesant
William Vedder
Book Dealer
Nina Lunn
Girl in Elevator
John Wald
Broadcaster
Vincent Pelletier
Quiz Master

Myrna Loy
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
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