State of the Union

State of the Union (1948)

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  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1948-04-30
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 64 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Liberty Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Frank Capra
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Summary

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

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  • Spencer Tracy

    as Grant Matthews
  • Katharine Hepburn

    as Mary Matthews
  • Van Johnson

    as Spike McManus
  • Angela Lansbury

    as Kay Thorndyke
  • Adolphe Menjou

    as Jim Conover
  • Lewis Stone

    as Sam Thorndyke
  • Margaret Hamilton

    as Norah
  • Charles Dingle

    as Bill Nolard Hardy
  • Charles Lane

    as Blink Moran
  • Howard Smith

    as Sam I. Parrish
  • Irving Bacon

    as Buck Swenson
  • Maidel Turner

    as Lulubelle Alexander
  • Raymond Walburn

    as Judge Alexander
  • Ellen Ross

    as Secretary
  • Eve Whitney

    as Secretary
  • Arthur O'Connell

    as First Reporter
  • Frank Mayo

    as City Official
  • Tor Johnson

    as Wrestler
  • Patti Brady

    as Joyce Matthews
  • Georgie Nokes

    as Grant Matthews Jr.
  • Carl Switzer

    as Bellboy
  • Tom Fadden

    as Waiter
  • Tom Pedi

    as Barber
  • Jerry Schumacher

    as Newsreel Cameraman
  • Harry Anderson

    as Photographer (uncredited)
  • Stanley Andrews

    as Senator (uncredited)
  • Herschel Graham

    as Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
  • Eddie Kane

    as Television Prompter (uncredited)
  • Roger Moore

    as Photographer (uncredited)
  • Charles Sherlock

    as Photographer (uncredited)
  • Dave Willock

    as Pilot (uncredited)
  • Joe Gilbert

    as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
Writing Howard Lindsay Theatre Play
Directing Frank Capra Director
Writing Anthony Veiller Screenplay
Writing Myles Connolly Screenplay
Writing Russel Crouse Theatre Play
Editing William Hornbeck Editor
Directing Eylla Jacobs Script Supervisor
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Design
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer
Camera George J. Folsey Director of Photography
Art Urie McCleary Art Direction
Art Emile Kuri Set Decoration
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Production Frank Capra Producer

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