Spencer Tracy

Katharine Hepburn

Van Johnson

Angela Lansbury

Adolphe Menjou

Lewis Stone

Margaret Hamilton

Charles Dingle

Charles Lane

Howard Smith

Irving Bacon

Maidel Turner

Raymond Walburn

Ellen Ross

Eve Whitney

Arthur O'Connell

Frank Mayo

Tor Johnson

Patti Brady

Georgie Nokes

Carl Switzer

Tom Fadden

Tom Pedi

Jerry Schumacher

Harry Anderson

Stanley Andrews

Herschel Graham

Eddie Kane

Roger Moore

Charles Sherlock

Dave Willock

Joe Gilbert

Howard Lindsay

Frank Capra

Anthony Veiller

Myles Connolly

Russel Crouse

William Hornbeck

Eylla Jacobs

Edwin B. Willis

Irene

Victor Young

George J. Folsey

Urie McCleary

Emile Kuri

Cedric Gibbons

Comedy

Drama

State of the Union

Liberty Films

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

CinemaSerf

This is a fine example of the on screen chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The former is a successful businessman talked into running for the Republican nomination for US President by the ambitious "Kay Thorndyke" (Angela Lansbury). She vows to put her not inconsiderable resources (newspapers and the like) behind his campaign. His wife "Mary" (Hepburn) is somewhat of a free spirit, as you'd expect, and soon she proves to be a bit of a liability to the party machine encouraging her husband to challenge the establish politics (and politicians) not only rocking, but potentially sinking the boat. Lansbury stands out for me here, she plays the duplicitous character convincingly marrying subtle menace with a femme-fatale style elegance really well. There are a couple of solid supporting roles from Adolphe Menjou and the slick Van Johnson ("Spike") and the whole scenario gives us an interesting, well written, look at just how undemocratic an election proves can actually be...

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State of the Union Trailer (1948)

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