Washington Story, (Target for Scandal) (1952)
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Washington Story stars Van Johnson as mildly liberal congressman Joseph T. Gresham. For reasons that he can't fathom, Gresham has been targeted for abuse by powerful columnist Gilbert Nunnaly (Philip Ober). Working in cahoots with Nunnaly is journalist Alice Kingsley (Patricia Neal), who… More Washington Story stars Van Johnson as mildly liberal congressman Joseph T. Gresham. For reasons that he can't fathom, Gresham has been targeted for abuse by powerful columnist Gilbert Nunnaly (Philip Ober). Working in cahoots with Nunnaly is journalist Alice Kingsley (Patricia Neal), who pretends to be working on a favorable magazine article about Gresham, but who is actually digging up dirt for Nunnaly's benefit. Ultimately, Alice falls in love with the honest Gresham, standing by him during a moment of profound political crisis. The major selling card of Washington Story was producer Dore Schary's decision to lens the film on location in Washington, offering viewers glimpses of the real-life Congress and Senate in action. Remarkably, the film offers a slightly left-of-center hero at a time when McCarthyism was at its height. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Pirosh
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jul 18, 1952 Wide
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Cast
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Van Johnson
as Joseph T. Gresham
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Patricia Neal
as Alice Kingsly
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Louis Calhern
as Charles W. Birch
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Sidney Blackmer
as Philip Emery Lobbyist
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Philip Ober
as Gilbert Nunnally
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Patricia Collinge
as Miss Galbreth
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Moroni Olsen
as Speaker
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Elizabeth Patterson
as Miss Dee
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Reinhold Schünzel
as Peter Kralik
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Fay Roope
as Caswell
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Dan Riss
as Bill Holmby
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Joan Banks
as Mrs. Varick
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Raymond Greenleaf
as John Sheldon
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Gregory Marshall
as Rodney Delwick
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Perry Sheehan
as Secretary
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Jimmy Fox
as Mr. Watkins
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Katherine Warren
as Mrs. Birch
- Hugh Beaumont
- Don Beddoe
- Willis B. Bouchey
- Emory Parnell
- Carleton Young
- Lawrence Dobkin
