The Great Man Votes

Jan 13, 1939

1h 12m

★ 6.1

A MAN WITH A HOLE IN HIS PANTS

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

The Great Man Votes Trailers

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Cast

Vance

John Barrymore

Joan

Virginia Weidler

Miss Billow

Katharine Alexander

Donald

Peter Holden

Iron Hat McCarthy

Donald MacBride

Charles Dole

William Demarest

Phoebe Ainslee

Elisabeth Risdon

Chester Ainslee

Brandon Tynan

The Mayor

Granville Bates

Manos

Luis Alberni

Byrne

Roy Gordon

Mrs. Markham

Esther Dale

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