---
title: 'State of the Union (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Capra'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/state-of-the-union-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040834/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# State of the Union (1948)

1948 · 124 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

State of the Union is a 1948 American drama film directed by Frank Capra about a man's desire to run for the nomination as the Republican candidate for President, and the machinations of those around him. The New York Times described it as "a slick piece of screen satire...sharper in its knife-edged slicing at the hides of pachyderm schemers and connivers than was the original." The film was written by Myles Connolly and Anthony Veiller and was based on the 1945 Russel Crouse, Howard Lindsay Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra)
- **Producer:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra), [Anthony Veiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-veiller)
- **Screenplay:** [Anthony Veiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-veiller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Director of Photography:** [George J. Folsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-folsey)
- **Editor:** [William Hornbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hornbeck)

## Cast

- [Tor Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tor-johnson)
- [Stanley Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-andrews)
- [Marion Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-martin)
- [Tom Fadden](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-fadden)
- [Charles Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-sullivan)
- [Charles Dingle](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dingle)
- [Margaret Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hamilton)
- [Charles Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lane)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Lewis Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-stone)
- [Frank Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mayo)
- [Arthur O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-o-connell)
- [Irving Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-bacon)
- [Sam Ash](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-ash)
- [Katharine Hepburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-hepburn)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/state-of-the-union-1948
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