James Stewart
Jefferson Smith
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Jean Arthur
Clarissa Saunders
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Claude Rains
Joseph Paine
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Edward Arnold
Jim Taylor
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Guy Kibbee
Governor Hopper
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Thomas Mitchell
Diz Moore
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Eugene Pallette
Chick McGann
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Beulah Bondi
Ma Smith
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H.B. Warner
Senate Majority Leader
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Harry Carey
President of the Senate
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Astrid Allwyn
Susan Paine
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Ruth Donnelly
Emma Hopper
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Grant Mitchell
Senator MacPherson
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Senator Monroe
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Pierre Watkin
Senator Barnes
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William Demarest
Bill Griffith
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Dick Elliott
Carl Cook
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Billy Watson
Peter Hopper
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Delmar Watson
Jimmie Hopper
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John Russell
Hopper Boy
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Harry Watson
Hopper Boy
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Garry Watson
Hopper Boy
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Larry Simms
Hopper Boy
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H.V. Kaltenborn
Radio Broadcaster
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Russell Simpson
Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
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Frances Gifford
Hopper Girl (uncredited)
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Colin James Mackey
Narrator (uncredited)
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Wilson Benge
Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
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Dickie Jones
Richard Jones (uncredited)
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Erville Alderson
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
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Frank Puglia
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
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Maurice Cass
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
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Stanley Andrews
Senator Hodges (uncredited)
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Al Bridge
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
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Edwin August
Senator (uncredited)
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Edmund Cobb
Senator Gower (uncredited)
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Sam Ash
Senator Lancaster (uncredited)
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Harry A. Bailey
Senator Hammett (uncredited)
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Stanley Mack
Senator (uncredited)
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Brooks Benedict
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
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Wade Boteler
Family Man (uncredited)
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Dorothy Comingore
Woman at Station (uncredited)
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Chester Conklin
Reporter (uncredited)
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Gino Corrado
Barber (uncredited)
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Ann Doran
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
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Robert Emmett Keane
Editor (uncredited)
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Matt McHugh
Reporter (uncredited)
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Kathryn Bates
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Frank Austin
Inventor (uncredited)
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William Arnold
Reporter (uncredited)
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Tommy Baker
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Robert Sterling
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Dub Taylor
Reporter (uncredited)
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George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Porter (uncredited)
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Jack Carson
Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)
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Tommy Bupp
Cheering Boy (uncredited)
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Dora Clement
Mrs. McGann (uncredited)
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Bert Moorhouse
Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
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Harry C. Bradley
Arthur Kim (uncredited)
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Lynton Brent
Photographer (uncredited)
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Ed Brewer
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Harlan Briggs
Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
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Harry Burkhardt
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Frederick Burton
Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
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Georgia Caine
Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)
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Ken Carpenter
Announcer (uncredited)
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Burr Caruth
Townsend (uncredited)
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Allan Cavan
Ragner (uncredited)
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Eddy Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)
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Davison Clark
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Richard Clucas
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Shirley Coates
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
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Eddie Coke
Photographer (uncredited)
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Hal Cooke
Reporter (uncredited)
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Alec Craig
Speaker (uncredited)
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Anne Cornwall
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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George Cooper
Waiter (uncredited)
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Georgie Cooper
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Jack Cooper
Photographer (uncredited)
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Nick Copeland
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Vernon Dent
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Maurice Costello
Diggs (uncredited)
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Beatrice Curtis
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
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Lew Davis
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
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Dulcie Day
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Wally Dean
Paine's Friend (uncredited)
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Harry Depp
Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)
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Byron Foulger
Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)
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Helen Jerome Eddy
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
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Douglas Evans
Francis Scott Key (uncredited)
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Joe Devlin
Waiter (uncredited)
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Clyde Dilson
Reporter (uncredited)
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John Dilson
Secretary (uncredited)
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Neal Dodd
Senate Chaplain (uncredited)
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Lester Dorr
Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
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Robert Dudley
Reporter (uncredited)
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Edward Earle
Reporter (uncredited)
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Jack Egan
Reporter (uncredited)
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Eddie Fetherston
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Mabel Forrest
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Gladys Gale
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Jack Gardner
Reporter (uncredited)
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Mary Gordon
Woman (uncredited)
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June Gittelson
Woman at Station (uncredited)
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Lorna Gray
Woman at Station (uncredited)
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Harry Hayden
First Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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Louis Jean Heydt
Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)
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John Ince
Senator Fernwick (uncredited)
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Frank Jaquet
Senator Byron (uncredited)
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Philo McCullough
Senator Albert (uncredited)
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Wright Kramer
Senator Carlton (uncredited)
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Henry Hebert
Senator (uncredited)
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Fred Hoose
Senator (uncredited)
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Richard Kipling
Senator (uncredited)
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Roger Haliday
Senate Guard (uncredited)
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Wilfred Hari
House Boy (uncredited)
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Philip Hurlic
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Olaf Hytten
Butler (uncredited)
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Lloyd Ingraham
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Mitchell Ingraham
(uncredited)
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Dick Jensen
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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John Lester Johnson
Butler (uncredited)
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Eddie Kane
Reporter (uncredited)
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Donald Kerr
Reporter (uncredited)
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Milton Kibbee
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Joe King
Summers (uncredited)
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Evalyn Knapp
Reporter (uncredited)
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Paul Kruger
Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Bobby Larson
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Billy Lechner
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Jackie Lowe
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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P.H. Levy
Rabbi (uncredited)
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Vera Lewis
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
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Jack Lindquist
Chorus Member (uncredited)
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George Lloyd
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Arthur Loft
Chief Clerk (uncredited)
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Jack Low
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Jimmie Lucas
Photographer (uncredited)
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Mary MacLaren
Head Sister (uncredited)
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Hank Mann
Photographer (uncredited)
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Margaret Mann
Nun (uncredited)
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Eric Mayne
Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
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Ralph McCullough
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
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George McKay
Reporter (uncredited)
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Lafe McKee
Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
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Ben Taggart
Pompous Man (uncredited)
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Field Norton
Pompous Man (uncredited)
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Wilfred Lucas
Pompous Man (uncredited)
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Sammy McKim
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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James McNamara
Reporter (uncredited)
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William Newell
Reporter (uncredited)
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Robert Middlemass
Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
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James Millican
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Howard M. Mitchell
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
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Charles R. Moore
Porter (uncredited)
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Gene Morgan
Reporter (uncredited)
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Robert Morgan
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
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Ray Nichols
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Alex Novinsky
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
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Frank O'Connor
Senator Alfred (uncredited)
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Frank Otto
Fisk (uncredited)
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Joe Palma
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Spencer Quinn
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Tom Quinn
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Ed Randolph
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Charles Regan
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Jack Rice
Lang (uncredited)
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Wyndham Standing
Senator Ashman (uncredited)
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Ferris Taylor
Senator Carlisle (uncredited)
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Jack Richardson
Senator Manchester (uncredited)
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Walter Soderling
Senator Pickett (uncredited)
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Harry Stafford
Senator Atwater (uncredited)
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Victor Travis
Senator Grainger (uncredited)
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Carl Stockdale
Senator Burdette (uncredited)
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Bob Walker
Senator Holland (uncredited)
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Henry Roquemore
Senator (uncredited)
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Craig Stevens
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Paul Stanton
Flood a Newsman (uncredited)
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Johnny Russell
Otis Hopper (uncredited)
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Walter Sande
Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)
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Frank M. Thomas
Hendricks (uncredited)
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Harry Strang
Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Harry Tenbrook
Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Dave Willock
Senate Guard (uncredited)
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Lloyd Whitlock
Schultz (uncredited)
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John Tyrrell
(uncredited)
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Frederick Vroom
Paine's Friend (uncredited)
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Charles Sullivan
Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Arthur Thalasso
Doorman (uncredited)
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Edward Thomas
Butler (uncredited)
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Laura Treadwell
Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
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Layne Tom Jr.
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Myonne Walsh
Jane Hopper (uncredited)
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Billy Wayne
Reporter (uncredited)
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Max Waizmann
Photographer (uncredited)
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John Ward
Photographer (uncredited)
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Jane Loofbourrow
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Blanche Payson
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Emma Tansey
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Bess Wade
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Florence Wix
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Eleanor Wood
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Jesse Graves
Black Committeeman (uncredited)
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Gus Glassmire
Angry Committee Member (uncredited)
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Larry Steers
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Landers Stevens
Committeeman (uncredited)
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William Worthington
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Edward Biby
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
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Count Stefenelli
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
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David Wade
(uncredited)
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Frank McLure
Senator (uncredited)
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