Overview

A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is tossed headfirst into the world of small-town politics. Sized up as a patsy by crooked politician Kirkwood, poor Wilbur is plied with champagne as part of Kirkwood's scheme to land a sweetheart playground-equipment contract.

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Cast

Leon Errol

Wilbur Todd

Elisabeth Risdon

Jessie Todd

Edwin Maxwell

Kirkwood

Emory Parnell

O'Leary

Charles Halton

Appleby

Paul Harvey

Mr. McIntosh

Charlotte Wynters

Mrs. McIntosh

Ruth Lee

Mabel

Lawrence Tierney

Sharpe