7.6
Giant
1956
“A New Movie Thrill Awaits You”
Thanks a Million (1935)
November 13, 19351h 27mEN
6.1
9 votes
Overview
A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replaced in doing his campaign speech by the troupe crooner, Eric Land, his political backers decide that they want him to run for Governor in the Judge's place. Romance, music, political corruption and the election results follow.
Director
Roy Del RuthWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
20th Century Pictures
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6.0Would be state governor “Judge Culliman” (Raymond Walburn) has a penchant for the bottle, so when he engages a band to help gee up support for his hustings and then suffers a terrible bout of “indigestion”, his backers suggest that the band leader “Land” (Dick Powell) earn his cash by going on stage and extolling the virtuous of their illustrious candidate. A political speaker he isn’t, but he does manage to précis the text and get enough response from the audience to convince the power that be that his knight be the better candidacy. Sure, he doesn’t know anything about politics, but they can…
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