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Overview
A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast

Marie Dressler
Hattie Burns

Polly Moran
Ivy Higgins

Roscoe Ates
Peter Higgins

Karen Morley
Myrtle Burns

William Bakewell
Benny Emerson

John Miljan
Jim Curango

Joan Marsh
Daisy Evans

Tom McGuire
Mayor Tom Collins

Kane Richmond
Nifty Morgan

Mary Alden
Mary Evans

Claire Du Brey
Rally Leader

Ann Dvorak
Rally Audience Extra (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Charles Reisner
- Writers
- Zelda Sears,Malcolm Stuart Boylan
- Cinematography
- Clyde De Vinna
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CinemaSerf
June 13, 2022
When a young girl is accidentally caught up, and killed, in a gunfight, "Hattie Burns" (Marie Dresser) decides that something has to be done about this lawlessness. She confronts the town's useless mayor "Tom Collins" (Tom McGuire) but he proves as much use as a chocolate parasol, so she mobilises her friend "Ivy" (Polly Moran) and they set out their own manifesto to take office and clean up their town. Dresser is wonderfully cast here - she has the look of a woman you would never want to cross …