Thanks a Million

1935

1h 27m

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6.1/10

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A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replaced in doing his campaign speech by the troupe crooner, Eric Land, his political backers decide that they want him to run for Governor in the Judge's place. Romance, music, political corruption and the election results follow.

Directors

Roy Del Ruth

Writers

Nunnally Johnson(screenplay by)

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Dick Powell

Ann Dvorak

Fred Allen

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Eric Land

Sally Mason

Ned Lyman

Himself - Bandleader

Phoebe Mason

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Judge Culliman

Tammany

Mr. Grass

Mr. Kruger

Maxwell

Mr. Casey

Mrs. Kruger

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Roy Del Ruth

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Nunnally Johnson(screenplay by)

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6/10

Would be state governor “Judge Culliman” (Raymond Walburn) has a penchant for the bottle, so when he engages a band to help gee up support for his hustings and then suffers a terrible bout of “indigestion”, his backers suggest that the band leader “Land” (Dick Powell) earn his cash by going on stage and extolling the virtuous of their illustrious candidate. A political speaker he isn’t, but he does manage to précis the text and get enough response from the audience to convince the power that be that his knight be the better candidacy. Sure, he doesn’t know anything about politics, but they can do all of that! Sound familiar? Anyway, he consults with his pal “Sally’s (Ann Dvorak) and agrees to do it so long as he and his band can croon their way through the campaign. Gives what? This starts to work. The electorate are buying into his innocent integrity: he’s not making loads of promises for them to know he won’t keep. As the election looms, though, his personal life takes a bit of a tumble and when he is finally presented with a document that will ensure he is well and truly cuckolded on office, well he knows he has some serious thinking to do. I quite enjoyed the premise here, even if it does rather suggest the electorate aren’t the sharpest tools in the box and are mostly susceptible to corrupt orators; there’s a gentle chemistry between Powell and Dvorak and Walburn also delivers engagingly as the dipso who apparently managed to fall asleep whilst sitting in court! There are quite a few songs included here, a few of which were actually sung by the stars themselves, and in the end I felt Roy Del Ruth managed to juggled the light entertainment elements with the romance and the political quite effectively.

Geronimo196728 Jun, 2025