The Great Man Votes (1939)

6.4/10 • 72 min • Drama Comedy

Overview

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

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

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