The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes

72 mins | Drama | Jan. 13, 1939

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.

The Great Man Votes

72 mins | Drama | Jan. 13, 1939

The Great Man Votes
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Great Man Votes
Directors Garson Kanin
Writers Gordon Malherbe Hillman, John Twist

Cast

John Barrymore

as Vance

Katharine Alexander

as Miss Billow

Peter Holden

as Donald

Donald MacBride

as Iron Hat McCarthy

William Demarest

as Charles Dole

Elisabeth Risdon

as Phoebe Ainslee

Brandon Tynan

as Chester Ainslee

Granville Bates

as The Mayor

Luis Alberni

as Manos

Roy Gordon

as Byrne

Esther Dale

as Mrs. Markham

Benny Bartlett

as Davy McCarthy

Murray Alper

as Tri-County Distribution Truck Driver

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

as Davy's Friend

Joseph E. Bernard

as 'Brad' Bradley

Maurice Cass

as Children's Society Report Writer

Paul Everton

as Mr. Offer

Bud Geary

as Cement Man

Darwood Kaye

as Boy Reading News Clipping

Donald Kerr

as Milk Truck Driver

Terry Kilburn

as Student

Walter Sande

as Radio Newscaster in Montage

Robert Strange

as Man at Party Meeting

Elliott Sullivan

as Cement Man

Frank Sully

as Policeman at Parade

J. M. Kerrigan

as Hot Shot Gillings