Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Top billed cast
Walter HustonHon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
Karen MorleyPendola Molloy
Franchot ToneHartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
Arthur ByronJasper Brooks - Secretary of State
Dickie MooreJimmy Vetter
C. Henry GordonNick Diamond
David LandauJohn Bronson
Samuel S. HindsDr. H.L. Eastman
William PawleyBorell
Jean ParkerAlice Bronson
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