Only filmmaker Frank Capra could carry off this tale of a naive "average American" (Gary Cooper) who is used by an unscrupulous politician (Edward Arnold) through a nationwide "goodwill drive." Barbara Stanwyck is the reporter who falls in love with Cooper and must save him when the campaign is exposed. Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart also star. 123 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

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Nominee: Best Original Story

SKU: D21970

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Category:: Comedy
Director:: Frank Capra
Rated:: NR
Color:: Black & White
Format:: Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:: No; Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hymer, Harry Holman, Andrew Tombes, Pierre Watkin, Stanley Andrews, Mitchell Lewis, Charles Wilson, Vaughan Glaser, Sterling Holloway, Knox Manning, Hall Johnson Choir, Walter Soderling, Pat Flaherty, Gene Morgan... More
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