Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen (1939)

The Story of a Lovable, Humorous Politician..!

  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1939-08-23
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Alfred Santell
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Summary

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.

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  • Bob Burns

    as Lem Schofield

  • Susan Hayward

    as Judith Schofield

  • Joseph Allen

    as Clay Clinton

  • Elizabeth Patterson

    as Aunt Tillie

  • Charles Bickford

    as Shep Muir

  • Gene Lockhart

    as J.T. Tapley

  • Kathleen Lockhart

    as Mrs. Barker

  • Otto Hoffman

    as Mr. Stoney

  • Clarence Kolb

    as Jim Hanna

  • Paul Guilfoyle

    as Jerry Peters

  • Fay Helm

    as Tonia

  • Hattie Noel

    as Druscilla

  • Kathryn Sheldon

    as Miss Swan

  • Monte Blue

    as Frank

  • Jim Kelso

    as Chief of Police

  • Harry C. Bradley

    as Director

  • Frances Morris

    as Maid

  • Thomas Louden

    as Frederick the Butler

  • Olaf Hytten

    as Charles, the Butler

  • Phil Dunham

    as Janitor

  • Gus Glassmire

    as Doctor

  • Max Wagner

    as Workman

  • Arthur Arlington

    as Delegate

  • Heinie Conklin

    as Porter

  • Nell Craig

    as Bridge Player

  • Thomas A. Curran

    as Member

  • Sidney D'Albrook

    as Workman

  • Helen Dickson

    as Member

  • Florence Dudley

    as Phone Operator

  • Galan Galt

    as Workman

  • Ethyl May Halls

    as Member

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    as Workman

  • Russell Hicks

    as Chairman

  • Paul Kruger

    as Workman

  • Peggy Leon

    as Bridge Player

  • George Magrill

    as Workman

  • Wally Maher

    as Convention Clerk

  • Gertrude Messinger

    as Phone Operator

  • Frank O'Connor

    as Member

  • Broderick O'Farrell

    as Member

  • Jack Richardson

    as Member

  • Cyril Ring

    as Delegate

  • Ruth Robinson

    as Mrs. Hanna

  • Syd Saylor

    as Sam

  • C.L. Sherwood

    as Porter

  • Harry Smiley

    as Member

  • Harry Stafford

    as Member

  • Larry Steers

    as Delegate

  • Hayden Stevenson

    as Member

  • Harry Tenbrook

    as Workman

  • Jane Webb

    as Phone Operator

  • Lillian West

    as Bridge Player
Directing Alfred Santell Director
Editing Hugh Bennett Editor
Production George M. Arthur Producer
Production William LeBaron Executive Producer
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Camera Victor Milner Director of Photography
Writing Jack Moffitt Screenplay
Sound Gerard Carbonara Original Music Composer
Writing Irvin S. Cobb Story
Art Roland Anderson Art Direction
Directing Russell Mathews Assistant Director

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