The Great Man Votes (1939)
A MAN WITH A HOLE IN HIS PANTS
72 min
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
- Release date
- January 13, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John Barrymore as Gregory Vance
- Peter Holden as Donald
- Virginia Weidler as Joan
- Katharine Alexander as Miss Billow
- Donald MacBride as Iron Hat McCarthy
- Bennie Bartlett as Davy McCarthy
- Brandon Tynan as Chester Ainslee
- Elisabeth Risdon as Phoebe Ainslee
- Granville Bates as The Mayor
- Luis Alberni as Manos
Crew
- Garson Kanin · Director
- Gordon Malherbe Hillman · Writer
- John Twist · Writer
- Cliff Reid · Producer
- Roy Webb · Composer
- Russell Metty · Cinematographer
- Jack Hively · Editor