Storyline
Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role. Here, Jim Hackler, local party-boss in a Wyoming county, has to decide to do what's right and lose the election, or what's wrong and win it.
Cast & Crew
Will Rogers
Jim Hackler
Lead
Evelyn Venable
Lucy Rigby
Kent Taylor
Ben Harvey
Louise Dresser
Mrs. Rigby
Mickey Rooney
Freckles
Berton Churchill
Elias Rigby
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John G. Blystone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The County Chairman is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
