The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes

Infobox Film
name = The Great Man Votes


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director = Garson Kanin
producer = Cliff Reid
writer = Gordon Malherbe Hillman (story)
John Twist
Garson Kanin (uncredited)
starring = John Barrymore
Peter Holden
Virginia Weidler
Katherine Alexander
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released = January 13 1939
runtime = 72 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:20703
imdb_id = 0031392

"The Great Man Votes" is a 1939 drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman. The plot of the 2008 movie "Swing Vote (2008 film)" has been compared to "The Great Man Votes". [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/movies/01swin.html New York Times August 1 2008] ]

Cast

*John Barrymore as Gregory Vance
*Peter Holden as Donald Ainslee Vance
*Virginia Weidler as Joan Vance
*Katherine Alexander as Agnes Billow
*Donald McBride as Iron Hat McCarthy
*Benny Bartlett as Davy McCarthy
*Brandon Tynan as Chester Ainslee
*Elisabeth Risdon as Phoebe Ainslee
*Granville Bates as the Mayor
*Luis Alberni as Manos
*J. M. Kerrigan as Hot Shot Gillings
*William Demarest as Charles Dale

External links

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