A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Cast
Walter Huston
Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
Karen Morley
Pendola Molloy
Franchot Tone
Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
Arthur Byron
Jasper Brooks - Secretary of State
Dickie Moore
Jimmy Vetter
C. Henry Gordon
Nick Diamond
David Landau
John Bronson
Samuel S. Hinds
Dr. H.L. Eastman
William Pawley
Borell
Jean Parker
Alice Bronson
Claire Du Brey
Nurse
B.F. Blinn
Politician (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Mischa Auer
Mr. Thieson (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
White House Press Correspondent (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Vice President (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Cabinet Member (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
Crew
Gregory La Cava
Director
Carey Wilson
Screenplay
Basil Wrangell
Editor
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Joseph M. Newman
Assistant Director
William Randolph Hearst
Producer
Walter Wanger
Producer
Adrian
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Charles E. Wallace
Sound Mixer
William Axt
Original Music Composer
Bertram Bloch
Additional Dialogue
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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