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Our Leading Citizen (1939)

NR ★ 8.0/10 89 min Drama, Comedy United States English
Screenplay by: Jack Moffitt
Story by: Irvin S. Cobb
Streaming: Not available
The Story of a Lovable, Humorous Politician..!

Description

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.

Top Cast

Bob Burns
Bob Burns Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen
Joseph Allen Clay Clinton
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart J.T. Tapley
Kathleen Lockhart
Kathleen Lockhart Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman
Otto Hoffman Mr. Stoney

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