Our Leading Citizen (1939)

Our Leading Citizen (1939)

The Story of a Lovable, Humorous Politician..! 1939-08-23 United States of America 89 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.

Cast

Bob Burns is Lem Schofield
Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward is Judith Schofield
Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen is Clay Clinton
Clay Clinton
Elizabeth Patterson is Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford is Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart is J.T. Tapley
J.T. Tapley
Kathleen Lockhart is Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman is Mr. Stoney
Mr. Stoney
Clarence Kolb is Jim Hanna
Jim Hanna
Paul Guilfoyle is Jerry Peters
Jerry Peters
Fay Helm is Tonia
Hattie Noel is Druscilla
Druscilla