---
title: 'The Great Man Votes (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Garson Kanin'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-man-votes-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031392/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Man Votes (1939)

1939 · 72 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Great Man Votes is a 1939 American drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman published in the November 1933 issue of American Magazine. The plot of the 2008 movie Swing Vote has been compared to The Great Man Votes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Garson Kanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/garson-kanin)
- **Screenplay:** [Garson Kanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/garson-kanin), [John Twist](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-twist)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Producer:** [Cliff Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-reid)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Metty](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-metty)
- **Editor:** [Jack Hively](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hively)

## Cast

- [Luis Alberni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-alberni)
- [Donald MacBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-macbride)
- [William Demarest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-demarest)
- [J. M. Kerrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-m-kerrigan)
- [Brandon Tynan](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-tynan)
- [Virginia Weidler](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-weidler)
- [John Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-barrymore)
- [Granville Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/granville-bates)
- [Benny Bartlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/benny-bartlett)
- [Elisabeth Risdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-risdon)
- [Katharine Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-alexander)

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