Our Leading Citizen (1939)
1h 29m
Running Time
August 23, 1939Release Date
Our Leading Citizen (1939)
1h 29m
Running Time
August 23, 1939Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

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
Media.

Details.
Release DateAugust 23, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
politician
lawyer
Wiki.
Our Leading Citizen is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Jack Moffitt. The film stars Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Patterson, Gene Lockhart and Charles Bickford. The film was released on August 23, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.