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.
Directed by Garson Kanin
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Cast
John Barrymore
Vance
Virginia Weidler
Joan
Katharine Alexander
Miss Billow
Peter Holden
Donald
Donald MacBride
Iron Hat McCarthy
William Demarest
Charles Dole
Elisabeth Risdon
Phoebe Ainslee
Brandon Tynan
Chester Ainslee
Granville Bates
The Mayor
Luis Alberni
Manos
Roy Gordon
Byrne
Esther Dale
Mrs. Markham
Benny Bartlett
Davy McCarthy
Murray Alper
Tri-County Distribution Truck Driver
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