Our Leading Citizen
1939Lem 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.
Acted in
Bob Burns
as Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward
as Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen
as Clay Clinton
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford
as Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart
as J.T. Tapley
Kathleen Lockhart
as Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman
as Mr. Stoney
Clarence Kolb
as Jim Hanna
Paul Guilfoyle
as Jerry Peters
Fay Helm
as Tonia
Hattie Noel
as Druscilla
Kathryn Sheldon
as Miss Swan
Monte Blue
as Frank
Jim Kelso
as Chief of Police
Harry C. Bradley
as Director
Frances Morris
as Maid
Thomas Louden
as Frederick the Butler
Olaf Hytten
as Charles, the Butler
Phil Dunham
as Janitor
Gus Glassmire
as Doctor
Max Wagner
as Workman
Arthur Arlington
as Delegate
Heinie Conklin
as Porter
Nell Craig
as Bridge Player
Thomas A. Curran
as Member
Sidney D'Albrook
as Workman
Helen Dickson
as Member
Florence Dudley
as Phone Operator
Galan Galt
as Workman
Ethyl May Halls
as Member
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Workman
Russell Hicks
as Chairman
Paul Kruger
as Workman
Peggy Leon
as Bridge Player
George Magrill
as Workman
Wally Maher
as Convention Clerk
Gertrude Messinger
as Phone Operator
Frank O'Connor
as Member
Broderick O'Farrell
as Member
Jack Richardson
as Member
Cyril Ring
as Delegate
Ruth Robinson
as Mrs. Hanna
Syd Saylor
as Sam
C.L. Sherwood
as Porter
Harry Smiley
as Member
Harry Stafford
as Member
Larry Steers
as Delegate
Hayden Stevenson
as Member
Harry Tenbrook
as Workman
Jane Webb
as Phone Operator
Lillian West
as Bridge Player