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About
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Theatrical
Mar 31, 1933
Director
Writer
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Music
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →W
Walter Huston
Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
K
Karen Morley
Pendola Molloy
F
Franchot Tone
Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
A
Arthur Byron
Jasper Brooks - Secretary of State
D
Dickie Moore
Jimmy Vetter
C
C. Henry Gordon
Nick Diamond
D
David Landau
John Bronson
S
Samuel S. Hinds
Dr. H.L. Eastman
W
William Pawley
Borell
J
Jean Parker
Alice Bronson
C
Claire Du Brey
Nurse
B
B.F. Blinn
Politician (uncredited)
O
Oscar Apfel
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
M
Mischa Auer
Mr. Thieson (uncredited)
B
Brooks Benedict
White House Press Correspondent (uncredited)
S
Spencer Charters
Vice President (uncredited)
B
Ben Taggart
Cabinet Member (uncredited)
A
Akim Tamiroff
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
R
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
