The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
Too bad for the presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. But as election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman TaurogDirector
- Walter DeLeonScreenplay
- Harlan ThompsonScreenplay
Cast
- George M. CohanTheodore K. Blair / Peter Varney
- Claudette ColbertFelicia Hammond
- Jimmy DuranteCurly
- George BarbierRonkton
- Sidney TolerAikenhead
- Louise MackintoshSenantor Scranton
- Jameson ThomasJerrido
- Julius McVickerMelrose
- Hooper AtchleyAnnouncer (uncredited)
- Ed BradySailor (uncredited)
- June GittelsonWoman at Medicine Show (uncredited)
- Ben HallMan at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
usa presidentmistaken identitymedicine showelectionpolitical campaignpre-codeimpersonationpresidential candidatedoublepolitical satireromantic entanglementssatirical