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A straight-talking, sensible public servant, Judge William Pittman Priest (Charles Winninger) is friendly with most of the townspeople in his Kentucky hometown. The town's upper-class set feels differently, however, and backs a presumptuous Yankee newcomer, Horace K. Maydew (Milburn Stone), for the judge's seat at election time. Judge Priest has to use all his wiles to hang on to his office, while continuing to be a voice for the town's underclass and for democratic values.
Original Release
03/13/1953
US Release
05/02/1953
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Winninger | Judge William Pittman Priest / William Pittman Priest |
Arleen Whelan | Lucy Lee Lake |
John Russell | Ashby Corwin |
Stepin Fetchit | Jeff Poindexter |
Russell Simpson | Dr. Lewt Lake / Lewt Lake |
Ludwig Stössel | Herman Felsburg |
Francis Ford | Feeney - Old Backwoodsman / Feeney |
Paul Hurst | Army Sgt. Jimmy Bagby / Jimmy Bagby |
Mitchell Lewis | Sheriff Andy Redcliffe / Andy Redcliffe |
Grant Withers | Buck Ramsey |
Directors
Writers
Laurence Stallings, Irvin S. Cobb
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Winninger | Judge William Pittman Priest / William Pittman Priest |
Arleen Whelan | Lucy Lee Lake |
John Russell | Ashby Corwin |
Stepin Fetchit | Jeff Poindexter |
Russell Simpson | Dr. Lewt Lake / Lewt Lake |
Ludwig Stössel | Herman Felsburg |
Francis Ford | Feeney - Old Backwoodsman / Feeney |
Paul Hurst | Army Sgt. Jimmy Bagby / Jimmy Bagby |
Mitchell Lewis | Sheriff Andy Redcliffe / Andy Redcliffe |
Grant Withers | Buck Ramsey |
Milburn Stone | Horace K. Maydew |
Dorothy Jordan | Lucy Lee's Mother |
Elzie Emanuel | U.S. Grant 'You Ess' Woodford |
Henry O'Neill | Joe D. Habersham |
Slim Pickens | Sterling - Lanky Backwoodsman / Sterling |
James Kirkwood | General Fairfield / Gen. Fairfield |
Ernest Whitman | Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford |
Trevor Bardette | Rufe Ramseur |
Eve March | Mallie Cramp |
Hal Baylor | Rufe Ramseur Jr. |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Ford | Producer |
Merian C. Cooper | Producer |