Gabriel Over the White House (1933)

Released: 1933-03-31 Duration: 1hr 26min

Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance

Rating 7.1

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The sensation of a nation!

Overview

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget	$0.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	3.552

Directed By

Gregory La Cava

Crew

Director
Gregory La Cava

Costume Design
Adrian

Editor
Basil Wrangell

Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons

Additional Dialogue
Bertram Bloch

Sound Director
Douglas Shearer

Screenplay
Carey Wilson

Director of Photography
Bert Glennon

Producer
William Randolph Hearst

Original Music Composer
William Axt

Assistant Director
Joseph M. Newman

Producer
Walter Wanger

Sound Mixer
Charles E. Wallace

TOP CAST

Walter Huston

Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States

Franchot Tone

Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President

Oscar Apfel

German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

White House Press Correspondent (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)

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