8.0Our Leading Citizen · 1939
Our Leading Citizen (1939) is a Drama / Comedy film directed by Alfred Santell, starring Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen.
DramaComedy
8.0Overview
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.
Cast
Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Bickford, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Otto Hoffman
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What is "Our Leading Citizen" about?
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.
When was "Our Leading Citizen" released?
Our Leading Citizen was released in 1939.
Who stars in "Our Leading Citizen"?
The cast includes Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Patterson.
