A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replaced in doing his campaign speech by the troupe crooner, Eric Land, his political backers decide that they want him to run for Governor in the Judge's place. Romance, music, political corruption and the election results follow.
Cast
Dick Powell
Eric Land
Ann Dvorak
Sally Mason
Fred Allen
Ned Lyman
Paul Whiteman
Himself - Bandleader
Patsy Kelly
Phoebe Mason
Ramona
Dancer
Raymond Walburn
Judge Culliman
David Rubinoff
Unknown
Benny Baker
Tammany
Andrew Tombes
Mr. Grass
Alan Dinehart
Mr. Kruger
Paul Harvey
Maxwell
Edwin Maxwell
Mr. Casey
Margaret Irving
Mrs. Kruger
Lynn Bari
Phone Operator (uncredited)
Crew
Roy Del Ruth
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Allen McNeil
Editor
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
Ben Silvey
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
William Lambert
Costume Design
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Engineer
Eugene Grossman
Sound Engineer
Edmund H. Hansen
Sound Engineer
Jack Otterson
Art Direction
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