The Great Man Votes
13/01/1939
1h 12m



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.
Cast


John Barrymore
Vance


Virginia Weidler
Joan


Katharine Alexander
Miss Billow
Peter Holden
Donald


Donald MacBride
Iron Hat McCarthy


William Demarest
Charles Dole


Elisabeth Risdon
Phoebe Ainslee


Brandon Tynan
Chester Ainslee


Granville Bates
The Mayor


Luis Alberni
Manos


Roy Gordon
Byrne


Esther Dale
Mrs. Markham


Benny Bartlett
Davy McCarthy


Murray Alper
Tri-County Distribution Truck Driver


Matthew Beard
Davy's Friend


Joseph E. Bernard
'Brad' Bradley


Maurice Cass
Children's Society Report Writer


Paul Everton
Mr. Offer


Bud Geary
Cement Man


Darwood Kaye
Boy Reading News Clipping


Donald Kerr
Milk Truck Driver


Terry Kilburn
Student


Walter Sande
Radio Newscaster in Montage


Robert Strange
Man at Party Meeting


Elliott Sullivan
Cement Man


Frank Sully
Policeman at Parade


J.M. Kerrigan
Hot Shot Gillings
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