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The Great Man Votes

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Release Date: January 13, 1939
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Duration: 1h 12m
Rating: 6.1/10
Director: Garson Kanin
Cast: John Barrymore, Virginia Weidler, Katharine Alexander, Peter Holden, Donald MacBride

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.