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Frank Capra
Director -
Anthony Veiller
Screenplay -
Urie McCleary
Art Direction -
William Hornbeck
Editor -
Myles Connolly
Screenplay -
Victor Young
Original Music Composer -
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration -
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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CinemaSerf 7/9/2022 6:06:46 AM
This is a fine example of the on screen chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The former is a successful businessman talked into running for the Republican nomination for US President by the ambitious "Kay Thorndyke" (Angela Lansbury). She vows to put her not inconsiderable resources (newspapers and the like) behind his campaign. His wife "Mary" (Hepburn) is somewhat of a free spirit, as you'd expect, and soon she proves to be a bit of a liability to the party machine encouraging her husband to challenge the establish politics (and politicians) not only rocking, but potentially sinking the boat. Lansbury stands out for me here, she plays the duplicitous character convincingly marrying subtle menace with a femme-fatale style elegance really well. There are a couple of solid supporting roles from Adolphe Menjou and the slick Van Johnson ("Spike") and the whole scenario gives us an interesting, well written, look at just how undemocratic an election proves can actually be...
Angela Lansbury
Kay ThorndykeDave Willock
Pilot (uncredited)Katharine Hepburn
Mary MatthewsCharles Lane
Blink MoranEve Whitney
SecretaryEddie Kane
Television Prompter (uncredited)Van Johnson
Spike McManusLewis Stone
Sam Thorndyke