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  1. State of the Union: Directed by Frank Capra. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury. An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

    • (4.2K)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Frank Capra
    • 1948-04-30
  2. Spencer Tracy was the first choice of both Capra and the authors of the play to play the lead. Katharine Hepburn costars, and Adolphe Menjou, Van Johnson and Angela Lansbury play key roles. The film was Capra's only project for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was also the second and final film to be made by Liberty Films before it dissolved in 1951.

  3. Brief Synopsis. A presidential candidate fights to keep his integrity and his wife during a grueling campaign. Cast & Crew. Read More. Frank Capra. Director. Spencer Tracy. Grant Matthews. Katharine Hepburn. Mary Matthews. Van Johnson. "Spike" MacManus. Angela Lansbury. Kay Thorndyke. Adolphe Menjou. Jim Conover. Photos & Videos. View All.

    • Frank Capra, Arthur S. Black Jr.
    • Spencer Tracy
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  5. Spencer Tracy: In this film, Tracy continues a very rapid transition from middle-aged to beginning to look old. Appropriate for a presidential candidate, but Tracy was aging rather quickly, considering that in his films of the mid-40s, he still looked mid-40ish himself.

  6. Aircraft tycoon Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) is goaded into running for president by his politically ambitious longtime girlfriend, newspaper publisher Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury).

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    • Spencer Tracy
    • Frank Capra
    • Comedy, Drama
  7. Academy Award-winning screen icons Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn shine in a classic film about marriage, politics and the pursuit of the American dream. When idealistic businessman...

  8. This is a fine example of the on screen chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The former is a successful businessman talked into running for the Republican nomination for US President by the ambitious "Kay Thorndyke" (Angela Lansbury).