Gabriel Over the White House

"The sensation of a nation!"

Mar 31 1933 Passed 1h 26m
Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.

Plot

Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years exercising a hands-off approach and leaving the problems of Depression America to local authorities. But after a miraculous recovery from an auto accident, Hammond is ready to take on every social ill and neither Congress, gangsters nor the nations of the world will stop him.

Written by

Carey Wilson, Bertram Bloch, T.F. Tweed

Directed by

Gregory La Cava

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,493
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA