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Film Classics in 35mm! American Demagogue
United States | 1933 | Gregory La Cava
This Pre-Code, New Deal fantasy is one of the most bizarre political films ever to come out of Hollywood. Set during the Great Depression, the movie stars Walter Huston as a party hack elected President of the United States. After a car crash, this corrupt, do-nothing leader wakes up a different man. Disregarding the Constitution, he declares martial law, gives government jobs to the unemployed, unleashes the military on the Mob, and establishes world peace. FDR was allegedly a big fan. 87 min.
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