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The Power and the Glory (1933)

APPROVED 76 min  -  Drama  -   6 October 1933 (USA)
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A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company... See full summary »

Director:

William K. Howard

Writer:

Preston Sturges (original screenplay)

Stars:

Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore and Ralph Morgan
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Spencer Tracy ...
Tom Garner
Colleen Moore ...
Sally Garner
Ralph Morgan Ralph Morgan ...
Henry
Helen Vinson Helen Vinson ...
Eve Borden
Phillip Trent Phillip Trent ...
Tom Garner, Jr. (as Clifford Jones)
Henry Kolker Henry Kolker ...
Mr. Borden
Sarah Padden Sarah Padden ...
Henry's Wife
Billy O'Brien Billy O'Brien ...
Tom as a Boy
Cullen Johnson Cullen Johnson ...
Henry as a Boy
J. Farrell MacDonald J. Farrell MacDonald ...
Mulligan
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Storyline

A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Railroad | Funeral | Stepmother | Suicide | Friendship  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Power and Glory See more »

Company Credits

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Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

The first film produced by Jesse L. Lasky after he was forced out of Paramount, a company he had co-founded. Writer Preston Sturges told Lasky the story and Lasky asked him to do a rough treatment. Instead, Sturges turned in a completed script, and Lasky called it "the most perfect script I'd ever seen". He shot the film exactly as Sturges had submitted it. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: As a boy, Tom cuts the back of his right hand badly. We are shown in a later scene that the scar is prominent as an old man. Yet on scenes showing him in between there is no scar. See more »

Soundtracks

"Nearer My God, To Thee"
(1856) (uncredited)
Music by Lowell Mason
Lyrics by Sarah F. Adams
Sung at church in the opening scene by an offscreen chorus See more »