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Summary
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.
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Cast
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Susan HaywardAda Gillis
Dean MartinBo Gillis
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteSylvester Marin
Ralph MeekerColonel Yancey
Martin BalsamSteve Jackson
Frank MaxwellRonnie Hallerton
Connie SawyerAlice Sweet
Ford RaineySpeaker
Charles WattsAl Winslow
Larry GatesJoe Adams
Carol FormanNewspaper Woman
Ollie O'ToolePolitician
Alma PlattElderly Woman (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Daniel Mann
- Written by
- Arthur Sheekman, William Driskill, Wirt Williams
- Produced by
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Music by
- Bronislau Kaper
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Facts
August 25, 1961 · 1 h 49 min · Drama
- Released
- August 25, 1961
- Runtime
- 1 h 49 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- Spanish
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 3 countries