Our Leading Citizen (1939)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.018 |
Directed By
Alfred Santell
Crew
Alfred Santell
Hugh Bennett
George M. Arthur
William LeBaron
Hans Dreier
Victor Milner
Jack Moffitt
Gerard Carbonara
Irvin S. Cobb
Roland Anderson
Russell Mathews
TOP CAST
Bob Burns
Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward
Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen
Clay Clinton
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford
Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart
J.T. Tapley
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman
Mr. Stoney
Clarence Kolb
Jim Hanna
Paul Guilfoyle
Jerry Peters
Fay Helm
Tonia
Hattie Noel
Druscilla
Kathryn Sheldon
Miss Swan
Monte Blue
Frank
Jim Kelso
Chief of Police
Harry C. Bradley
Director
Frances Morris
Maid
Thomas Louden
Frederick the Butler
Olaf Hytten
Charles, the Butler
Phil Dunham
Janitor
Gus Glassmire
Doctor
Max Wagner
Workman
Arthur Arlington
Delegate
Heinie Conklin
Porter
Nell Craig
Bridge Player
Thomas A. Curran
Member
Sidney D'Albrook
Workman
Helen Dickson
Member
Florence Dudley
Phone Operator
Galan Galt
Workman
Ethyl May Halls
Member
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Workman
Russell Hicks
Chairman
Paul Kruger
Workman
Peggy Leon
Bridge Player
George Magrill
Workman
Wally Maher
Convention Clerk
Gertrude Messinger
Phone Operator
Frank O'Connor
Member
Broderick O'Farrell
Member
Jack Richardson
Member
Cyril Ring
Delegate
Ruth Robinson
Mrs. Hanna
Syd Saylor
Sam
C.L. Sherwood
Porter
Harry Smiley
Member
Harry Stafford
Member
Larry Steers
Delegate
Hayden Stevenson
Member
Harry Tenbrook
Workman
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