The Great Man Votes
1939 film by Garson Kanin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Great Man Votes is a 1939 American drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman published in the November 1933 issue of American Magazine.[2] The plot of the 2008 movie Swing Vote has been compared to The Great Man Votes.[3]
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The Great Man Votes | |
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Directed by | Garson Kanin |
Screenplay by | John Twist Garson Kanin (uncredited) |
Based on | "The Great Man Votes" (short story) by Gordon Malherbe Hillman |
Produced by | Cliff Reid |
Starring | John Barrymore |
Cinematography | Russell Metty |
Edited by | Jack Hively |
Music by | Roy Webb |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $265,000[1] |
Box office | $432,000[1] |
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