Cast
John Barrymore (Gregory Vance)Peter Holden (Donald)Virginia Weidler (Joan)Katharine Alexander (Miss Billow)Donald MacBride (Iron Hat McCarthy)Benny Bartlett (Davy McCarthy)Brandon Tynan (Chester Ainslee)Elisabeth Risdon (Phoebe Ainslee)Granville Bates (The Mayor)Luis Alberni (Manos)J.M. Kerrigan (Hot Shot Gillings)William Demarest (Charles Dale)Roy Gordon (Mr. Byrne)Murray Alper (Tri-County Distribution Truck Driver)Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (Davy's Friend)Joseph E. Bernard ('Brad' Bradley)Maurice Cass (Children's Society Report Writer)Esther Dale (Ms. Markham)
Director
Garson Kanin
Synopsis
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
