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Our Leading Citizen

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Calorie Rating: 125
Released: 1939-08-23
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Russell Mathews
Assistant Director


Cast

Bob Burns
Character: Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward
Character: Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen
Character: Clay Clinton

Elizabeth Patterson
Character: Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford
Character: Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart
Character: J.T. Tapley

Kathleen Lockhart
Character: Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman
Character: Mr. Stoney
Clarence Kolb
Character: Jim Hanna

Paul Guilfoyle
Character: Jerry Peters
Fay Helm
Character: Tonia
Hattie Noel
Character: Druscilla

Kathryn Sheldon
Character: Miss Swan
Monte Blue
Character: Frank
Jim Kelso
Character: Chief of Police

Harry C. Bradley
Character: Director
Frances Morris
Character: Maid
Thomas Louden
Character: Frederick the Butler

Olaf Hytten
Character: Charles, the Butler
Phil Dunham
Character: Janitor
Gus Glassmire
Character: Doctor

Max Wagner
Character: Workman
Arthur Arlington
Character: Delegate
Heinie Conklin
Character: Porter

Nell Craig
Character: Bridge Player
Thomas A. Curran
Character: Member
Sidney D'Albrook
Character: Workman

Helen Dickson
Character: Member
Florence Dudley
Character: Phone Operator
Galan Galt
Character: Workman

Ethyl May Halls
Character: Member
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Character: Workman
Russell Hicks
Character: Chairman

Paul Kruger
Character: Workman
Peggy Leon
Character: Bridge Player
George Magrill
Character: Workman

Wally Maher
Character: Convention Clerk
Gertrude Messinger
Character: Phone Operator
Frank O'Connor
Character: Member

Broderick O'Farrell
Character: Member
Jack Richardson
Character: Member
Cyril Ring
Character: Delegate

Ruth Robinson
Character: Mrs. Hanna
Syd Saylor
Character: Sam
C.L. Sherwood
Character: Porter

Harry Smiley
Character: Member
Harry Stafford
Character: Member
Larry Steers
Character: Delegate

Hayden Stevenson
Character: Member
Harry Tenbrook
Character: Workman
Jane Webb
Character: Phone Operator

Lillian West
Character: Bridge Player


Production and Crew

Gerard Carbonara
Original Music Composer
Roland Anderson
Art Direction

Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Jack Moffitt
Screenplay

William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Victor Milner
Director of Photography