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Our Leading Citizen
“The Story of a Lovable, Humorous Politician..!”
80%
Movie
1h 29m
AI Analysis
Our Leading Citizen (1939) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Our Leading Citizen (1939) — a movie tagged as Drama and Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 lo… Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~89 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Our Leading Citizen 80% (2 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
80%
from 2 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1939-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 8.0
- TMDB ID
- 371024
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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 j... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Our Leading Citizen?
The official runtime for Our Leading Citizen is approximately 89 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

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
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Hattie Noel
Druscilla

Kathryn Sheldon
Miss Swan

Monte Blue
Frank
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Jim Kelso
Chief of Police

Harry C. Bradley
Director

Frances Morris
Maid
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Thomas Louden
Frederick the Butler
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