The Great Man Votes
6.7
“A MAN WITH A HOLE IN HIS PANTS”
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.
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Cast
28 people
John Barrymore
Vance
Known for
Grand Hotel
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
Davy's Friend
Virginia Weidler
Joan
Known for
The Philadelphia Story
The Women
Katharine Alexander
Miss Billow
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Now, Voyager
Peter Holden
Donald
Donald MacBride
Iron Hat McCarthy
Known for
The Seven Year Itch
The Killers
William Demarest
Charles Dole
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
Elisabeth Risdon
Phoebe Ainslee
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
Make Way for Tomorrow
Brandon Tynan
Chester Ainslee
Also in
Sh! The Octopus
It All Came True
Granville Bates
The Mayor
Known for
My Favorite Wife
Of Mice and Men
Luis Alberni
Manos
Known for
The Lady Eve
Easy Living
Roy Gordon
Byrne
Known for
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
The Wasp Woman
Garson Kanin Director · John Twist Screenplay Gordon Malherbe Hillman Story
Worldwide gross $432K · Budget $265K · United States release January 13, 1939
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Budget
$265,000
Worldwide gross
$432,000
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 13, 1939
Theatrical
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