The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes
File:Great Man Votes.jpg Theatrical poster
Directed by	Garson Kanin
Produced by	Cliff Reid
Written by	Gordon Malherbe Hillman (story) John Twist Garson Kanin (uncredited)
Starring	John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Katherine Alexander
Music by	Roy Webb
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Editing by	Jack Hively
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$265,000^[1]
Box office	$432,000^[1]

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 in American Magazine (Nov 1931).^[2] The plot of the 2008 movie Swing Vote has been compared to The Great Man Votes.^[3]

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot

add one. (May 2011)

Cast

John Barrymore as Gregory Vance
Peter Holden as Donald Ainslee Vance
Virginia Weidler as Joan Vance
Katherine Alexander as Agnes Billow
Donald McBride as Iron Hat McCarthy
Benny Bartlett as Davy McCarthy
Brandon Tynan as Chester Ainslee
Elisabeth Risdon as Phoebe Ainslee
Granville Bates as the Mayor
Luis Alberni as Manos
J. M. Kerrigan as Hot Shot Gillings
William Demarest as Charles Dale

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $10,000.^[1]

References

External links

TCM Movie Database
Internet Movie Database

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The Great Man Votes