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Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Directed by Alfred Santell
“The Story of a Lovable, Humorous Politician..!”
Drama, Comedy · 1h 29m
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.
Cast
Bob Burns
Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward
Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen
Clay Clinton
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford
Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart
J.T. Tapley
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman
Mr. Stoney
Clarence Kolb
Jim Hanna
Paul Guilfoyle
Jerry Peters
Fay Helm
Tonia
Crew
- Director
- Alfred Santell
- Screenplay
- Jack Moffitt
- Director of Photography
- Victor Milner
- Original Music Composer
- Gerard Carbonara
- Editor
- Hugh Bennett
- Producer
- George M. Arthur
Details
- Release date
- 1939-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures