Our Leading Citizen
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Cast
Bob Burns
Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward
Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen
Clay Clinton
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford
Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart
J.T. Tapley
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman
Mr. Stoney
Clarence Kolb
Jim Hanna
Paul Guilfoyle
Jerry Peters
Fay Helm
Tonia
Kathryn Sheldon
Miss Swan
Monte Blue
Frank
Harry C. Bradley
Director
Olaf Hytten
Charles, the Butler
Phil Dunham
Janitor
Heinie Conklin
Porter
Nell Craig
Bridge Player
Sidney D'Albrook
Workman
Russell Hicks
Chairman
Paul Kruger
Workman
George Magrill
Workman
Gertrude Messinger
Phone Operator
Frank O'Connor
Member
Broderick O'Farrell
Member
Jack Richardson
Member
Cyril Ring
Delegate
Syd Saylor
Sam
Larry Steers
Delegate
Hayden Stevenson
Member
Harry Tenbrook
Workman
Lillian West
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