Would be state governor “Judge Culliman” (Raymond Walburn) has a penchant for the bottle, so when he engages a band to help gee up support for his hustings and then suffers a terrible bout of “indigestion”, his backers suggest that the band leader “Land” (Dick Powell) earn his cash by going on stage and extolling the virtuous of their illustrious candidate. A political speaker he isn’t, but he does manage to précis the text and get enough response from the audience to convince the power that be that his knight be the better candidacy. Sure, he doesn’t know anything about politics, but they can…
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