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The Great Man Votes ()

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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.... See more »
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Gregory Vance
Peter Holden ...
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Joan
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Miss Billow
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Iron Hat McCarthy
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Davy McCarthy (as Bennie Bartlett)
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Chester Ainslee
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Phoebe Ainslee
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The Mayor
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Manos
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Hot Shot Gillings
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Charles Dale
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Mr. Byrne
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Tri-County Distribution Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Davy's Friend (uncredited)
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'Brad' Bradley (uncredited)
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Children's Society Report Writer (uncredited)
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Ms. Markham (uncredited)
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Mr. Offer (uncredited)
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Cement Man (uncredited)
Frances Hughes ...
Little Girl (uncredited)
Wayne Hull ...
Twins running beside car (uncredited)
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Boy Reading News Clipping (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ...
Milk Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
Priscilla Lyon ...
Student (uncredited)
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Radio Newscaster in Montage (uncredited)
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Man at Party Meeting (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan ...
Cement Man (uncredited)
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Policeman at Parade (uncredited)

Directed by

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Garson Kanin

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Gordon Malherbe Hillman ... (story)
 
John Twist ... (screen play)
 
Garson Kanin ... () (uncredited)

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Cliff Reid ... producer

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Roy Webb

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Russell Metty ... (photographed by)

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Jack Hively ... (edited by)

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Douglas Travers ... montage

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Van Nest Polglase

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Darrell Silvera

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Mel Berns ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Pandro S. Berman ... in charge of production

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Eddie Donahoe ... assistant director (as Edward Donahue)

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Albert S. D'Agostino ... associate art director (as Albert D'Agostino)

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Hugh McDowell Jr. ... recordist

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Louie Anderson ... grip (uncredited)

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Renié ... wardrobe

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Robert Russell Bennett ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines A MAN WITH A HOLE IN HIS PANTS (original print ad - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Un gran hombre (Spain)
  • Un gran home (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Il voto del grand'uomo (Italy)
  • Plebiscito (Portugal)
  • O Grande Homem Vota (Brazil)
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  • 72 min
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Budget $265,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Garson Kanin wrote that he insisted that everyone working on the film call John Barrymore "Mr. Barrymore" in a attempt to perk up the actor's sagging self-image, including people who had known Barrymore for years. Several members of the crew quit the film instead of following Kanin's edict. See more »
Goofs When Davy pushes the new kid in the school yard, shadows of the camera and the boom microphone can clearly be seen on the ground behind them. The shadow of the camera then moves as it follows Davy afterwords. See more »
Soundtracks (Hail, Hail,) The Gang's All Here See more »
Crazy Credits The opening credits are presented on four-sided campaign-like signs mounted on poles and carried around as if in a parade. See more »
Quotes Gregory Vance: Gregory Vance, magnified briefly, by a kindly destiny, in a kindly land where... where greatness is within a people, not within a man; and where any man who calls himself great, is only looking at his shadow, from the shoulders of those who have lifted him up. Today, his own feet must carry him. Side by side we walk today, the big and the little, and, those we sometimes call: the down and out. A voter, by the name of Mr. Whittier, once spoke of that. Today, of all the weary year, a king of men am I. Today alike are great and small, the nameless and the known. My palace is the people's hall, the ballot box, my throne. Tomorrow, I will be quite forgotten - a bit of shadow glory, who, like the rest of you, left his mark only in a ballot box. But I will be no less a part of that total greatness because being even the least in a land where strength is so generous, is greatness in itself.
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