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| Director: | James Cruze | 
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| Writer: | Maxwell Anderson, Jo Swerling | 
| Staring: | 
| Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton... | |
| Release Date: | Oct 15, 1932 | 
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| Director: | James Cruze | 
| Writer: | Maxwell Anderson, Jo Swerling | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | washington dc, usa, library of congress, washington monument, granddaughter | 
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Lee Tracy | Button Gwinett Brown | 
| Constance Cummings | Alice Wylie | 
| Walter Connolly | Senator Wylie | 
| Alan Dinehart | Edward T. Norton | 
| Arthur Vinton | Beef Brannigan | 
| Arthur Hoyt | Willis | 
| Berton Churchill | Speaker of the House | 
| Frank Sheridan | Honest John Kelleher | 
| Clay Clement | Ambassador Conti | 
| Clarence Muse | Clarence | 
| Bull Anderson | Worker | 
| Cyril Armbrister | Worker | 
| Bobby Burns | Senate Clerk | 
| Allan Cavan | Erickson | 
| Wallis Clark | Carl Tilden | 
| Jane Darwell | Alice's Aunt | 
| Charles K. French | Party Guest | 
| Sam Godfrey | Martin - Wylie's Secretary | 
| Sherry Hall | Building Superintendent | 
| Ramsay Hill | Hotel Desk Clerk | 
| Richard Kipling | Senator | 
| Frank LaRue | Senator | 
| Lillian Lawrence | No Saloons Leaguer | 
| Carl M. Leviness | Party Guest | 
| Tony Merlo | Senate Clerk | 
| Field Norton | Senator | 
| Rose Plumer | No Saloons League Woman | 
| John T. Prince | Senate Clerk | 
| Tiny Sandford | Worker | 
| Pietro Sosso | Norton's Butler | 
| Harry Stafford | Senator | 
| Larry Steers | Library of Congress Guard | 
| Harry Strang | Veteran Hired as Elevator Operator | 
| Dorothy Vernon | No Saloons League Woman | 
| Ernest Wood | Beauchard - Hotel Manager | 
| John Larkin | Train Conductor with Telegram | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Maxwell Anderson | Story | 
| Richard Cahoon | Editor | 
| Sam Nelson | Assistant Director | 
| Ira H. Morgan | Director of Photography | 
| James Cruze | Director | 
| Jo Swerling | Screenplay | 
| Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Walter Wanger | Producer | 
| James Cruze | Executive Producer | 
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