Lo stato dell'unione (1948)
L'industriale Grant Matthews viene convinto dalla sua amante Kay Thorndyke, subdola e ambiziosa proprietaria di un quotidiano, a candidarsi per il partito repubblicano nelle elezioni primarie per la presidenza degli Stati Uniti. Durante la campagna elettorale l'uomo viene accompagnato da sua moglie Mary, così come richiede la tradizione. Mary sa di lui e di Kay e soffre per il matrimonio compromesso. Tuttavia ha deciso di stare vicina a suo marito e di aiutarlo perché lo stima e sa che potrebbe essere un buon presidente. Grant non è un ingenuo: è un abile imprenditore e un uomo d'azione (è anche pilota). Ma è anche un idealista, portatore di una visione politica nuova, oltre gli schieramenti, che guarda ai più deboli e agli emarginati pur muovendo dalle posizioni repubblicane.
Direttore:
Frank Capra
Scrittori:
Anthony Veiller, Myles Connolly.
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Spencer Tracy as Grant Matthews |
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Katharine Hepburn as Mary Matthews |
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Van Johnson as Spike McManus |
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Angela Lansbury as Kay Thorndyke |
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Adolphe Menjou as Jim Conover |
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Lewis Stone as Sam Thorndyke |
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Margaret Hamilton as Norah |
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Charles Dingle as Bill Nolard Hardy |
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Charles Lane as Blink Moran |
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Howard Smith as Sam I. Parrish |
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Irving Bacon as Buck Swenson |
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Maidel Turner as Lulubelle Alexander |
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Raymond Walburn as Judge Alexander |
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Ellen Ross as Secretary |
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Eve Whitney as Secretary |
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Arthur O'Connell as First Reporter |
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Frank Mayo as City Official |
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Tor Johnson as Wrestler |
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Patti Brady as Joyce Matthews |
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Georgie Nokes as Grant Matthews Jr. |
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Carl Switzer as Bellboy |
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Tom Fadden as Waiter |
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Tom Pedi as Barber |
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Jerry Schumacher as Newsreel Cameraman |
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Harry Anderson as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Stanley Andrews as Senator (uncredited) |
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Herschel Graham as Assistant Cameraman (uncredited) |
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Eddie Kane as Television Prompter (uncredited) |
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Roger Moore as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Charles Sherlock as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Dave Willock as Pilot (uncredited) |
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Joe Gilbert as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Frank Capra | Director |
| Writing | Howard Lindsay | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Anthony Veiller | Screenplay |
| Writing | Myles Connolly | Screenplay |
| Writing | Russel Crouse | Theatre Play |
| Production | Frank Capra | Producer |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | George J. Folsey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Hornbeck | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Urie McCleary | Art Direction |
| Art | Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene | Costume Design |
| Directing | Eylla Jacobs | Script Supervisor |
