Our Leading Citizen (1939)
The Story of a Lovable, Humorous Politician..!
89 min
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
- Data de estreia
- 23 de agosto de 1939
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Bob Burns como Lem Schofield
- Susan Hayward como Judith Schofield
- Joseph Allen como Clay Clinton
- Elizabeth Patterson como Aunt Tillie
- Gene Lockhart como J.T. Tapley
- Charles Bickford como Shep Muir
- Otto Hoffman como Mr. Stoney
- Clarence Kolb como Jim Hanna
- Paul Guilfoyle como Jerry Peters
- Fay Helm como Tonia
Equipe
- Alfred Santell · Diretor(a)
- Irvin S. Cobb · Roteirista
- Jack Moffitt · Roteirista
- George M. Arthur · Produtor(a)
- Victor Milner · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Hugh Bennett · Editor(a)