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64% Critic Match
The Great Man Votes
“A MAN WITH A HOLE IN HIS PANTS”
6.4 / 10• 1939• 1h 12m•NR• English
DramaComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
John Barrymore
Vance
Lead
Virginia Weidler
Joan
Katharine Alexander
Miss Billow
PH
Peter Holden
Donald
Donald MacBride
Iron Hat McCarthy
William Demarest
Charles Dole
Elisabeth Risdon
Phoebe Ainslee
Brandon Tynan
Chester Ainslee
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Garson Kanin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Great Man Votes is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
