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State of the Union

"How's the State of the Union? It's GREAT!"

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Top Cast

  • Spencer Tracy

    Spencer Tracy

    Grant Matthews

  • Katharine Hepburn

    Katharine Hepburn

    Mary Matthews

  • Van Johnson

    Van Johnson

    Spike McManus

  • Angela Lansbury

    Angela Lansbury

    Kay Thorndyke

  • Adolphe Menjou

    Adolphe Menjou

    Jim Conover

  • Lewis Stone

    Lewis Stone

    Sam Thorndyke

  • Margaret Hamilton

    Margaret Hamilton

    Norah

  • Charles Dingle

    Charles Dingle

    Bill Nolard Hardy

  • Charles Lane

    Charles Lane

    Blink Moran

Overview

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Rating

6.7 / 10
74 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jul 9, 2022

    This is a fine example of the on screen chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The former is a successful businessman talked into running for the Republican nomination for US President by the ambitious "Kay Thorndyke" (Angela Lansbury). She vows to put her not inconsiderable resources (newspapers and the like) behind his campaign. His wife "Mary" (Hepburn) is somewhat of a free spirit, as you'd expect, and soon she proves to be a bit of a liability to the party machine encouraging her husband to challenge the establish politics (and politicians) not only rocking, but potentially sinking the boat. Lansbury stands out for me here, she plays the duplicitous character convincingly marrying subtle menace with a femme-fatale style elegance really well. There are a couple of solid supporting roles from Adolphe Menjou and the slick Van Johnson ("Spike") and the whole scenario gives us an interesting, well written, look at just how undemocratic an election proves can actually be...

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