The Great Gildersleeve

A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.

Cast

Harold Peary

as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

Freddie Mercer

as Leroy Forrester

Nancy Gates

as Marjorie 'Margie' Forrester

Jane Darwell

as Aunt Emma Forrester

Lillian Randolph

as Birdie Scoggins

Mary Field

as Amelia Hooker

Charles Arnt

as Judge Horace Hooker

Thurston Hall

as Governor Jonathan Stafford

George Carpenter

as Frank Powers

John Dilson

as Mayor Appleton

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