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In reply to the discussion: I'm in the mood to watch a good political movie....suggestions? [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)67. "A Stranger in Town" (1943)
In the small town of Crown Port local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing Supreme Court justice John Josephus Grant.
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I'm in the mood to watch a good political movie....suggestions? [View all]
w8liftinglady
May 2015
OP
Great one- 'Network' IS political. Ned Beatty's prescient speech was exact-
appalachiablue
May 2015
#40
Advise and Consent and The Last Hurrah are both good if you want to go a little further back in time
Ex Lurker
May 2015
#38