The Senator Was Indiscreet

1947 NR 1h 28m 6.5

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.

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. With the diary, he blackmails the party leaders to support his candidacy, and he's on his way to the nomination. An unseen political enemy is after the diary, using the young and lovely Valerie Shepherd to get into the Senator's room. Plus, Lew's fiancee, reporter Poppy McNaughton, thinks she can get her hands on it, too, and stop Ashton. Will the otherwise unemployable dope become President? Written by

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Info about The Senator Was Indiscreet

Studio(s): Universal Pictures, Inter-John Productions

Originally Released: Jan 25, 1948

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy