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The Phantom President

(1932)

September 23, 1932• 1h 18m
64%
TMDB Score

Overview

Too bad for the presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. But as election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.

Norman Taurog

Director

Top Billed Cast

GMC

George M. Cohan

Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney

CC

Claudette Colbert

Felicia Hammond

JD

Jimmy Durante

Curly

GB

George Barbier

Ronkton

ST

Sidney Toler

Aikenhead

LM

Louise Mackintosh

Senantor Scranton

JT

Jameson Thomas

Jerrido

JM

Julius McVicker

Melrose

HA

Hooper Atchley

Announcer (uncredited)

EB

Ed Brady

Sailor (uncredited)