State of the Union

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State of the Union

"How's the State of the Union? It's GREAT!"

1948

2h 4m

6.7(68 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

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32 members

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Spencer Tracy

Grant Matthews

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Katharine Hepburn

Mary Matthews

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Van Johnson

Spike McManus

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Angela Lansbury

Kay Thorndyke

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Adolphe Menjou

Jim Conover

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Lewis Stone

Sam Thorndyke

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Margaret Hamilton

Norah

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Charles Dingle

Bill Nolard Hardy

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Charles Lane

Blink Moran

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Howard Smith

Sam I. Parrish

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Irving Bacon

Buck Swenson

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Maidel Turner

Lulubelle Alexander

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Raymond Walburn

Judge Alexander

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Ellen Ross

Secretary

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Eve Whitney

Secretary

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Arthur O'Connell

First Reporter

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Frank Mayo

City Official

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Tor Johnson

Wrestler

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Patti Brady

Joyce Matthews

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Georgie Nokes

Grant Matthews Jr.

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Carl Switzer

Bellboy

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Tom Fadden

Waiter

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Tom Pedi

Barber

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Jerry Schumacher

Newsreel Cameraman

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Harry Anderson

Photographer (uncredited)

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Stanley Andrews

Senator (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)

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Eddie Kane

Television Prompter (uncredited)

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Roger Moore

Photographer (uncredited)

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Charles Sherlock

Photographer (uncredited)

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Dave Willock

Pilot (uncredited)

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Joe Gilbert

Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)

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