

The Senator Was Indiscreet
December 31, 1947•1h 28m•★ 6.2
Comedy
“He's the NEW candidate for the screen's HOWL of fame!”
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.
Director
George S. KaufmanCast

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