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The Phantom President
“Vote the Laugh Ticket”
6.5 / 10• 1932• 1h 18m•NR• English
ComedyMusic
Storyline
Too bad for the presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. But as election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
Cast & Crew
George M. Cohan
Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney
Lead
Claudette Colbert
Felicia Hammond
Jimmy Durante
Curly
George Barbier
Ronkton
Sidney Toler
Aikenhead
Louise Mackintosh
Senantor Scranton
Jameson Thomas
Jerrido
JM
Julius McVicker
Melrose
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Taurog's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Phantom President is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
