After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
James Arness
- Peter
- (as James Aurness)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaOn a cold day, Katrin (Loretta Young) prepares a drink called glogg for Glenn (Joseph Cotten). Glogg is usually made from claret, aquavit, sugar, cloves, cardamom, orange peel and raisins. It is ignited before being served.
- GoofsMorley's skating double it appears to be wearing figure skates while Morley is wearing hockey skates.
- Quotes
[wildly cheering crowd on the political convention floor]
Katrin Holstrom: What are they yelling about?
Joseph Clancy: These days they yell for anything.
Katrin Holstrom: Anything?
Joseph Clancy: Sure, they'll scream if you yell "Fish for sale!"
Katrin Holstrom: Aw, no.
Joseph Clancy: [Stands up and yells] Fish for sale!
[the crowds roars]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)
Featured review
When a senator dies in office, Congressman Morley and his fellow party leaders have to come up with a candidate to run in the election to replace him. Everyone is agreement, accept for Morley's second maid. A Swedish-American farm girl who came to the city to become a nurse, she had to take temporary jobs when she was conned out of her tuition money. Not nearly as naive or helpless as she appeared, she was quickly given a permanent position at the Morley household. She isn't one to hold back on expressing her own political views, and by the end of the movie she's running against the Morley political machine even as she is finding romance with Congressman Morley.
The movie is a bit dated, but because of the excellent script and acting it still manages to be a fresh and amusing comedy. The political satire is much more restrained then what modern audiences are used to, but the topics haven't aged at all. You've got two parties with no obvious ideological differences engaged in partisan bickering and mudslinging while a small group of wealthy and powerful men decide who is going to run for office. Integrity takes a back seat to party politics and favors. Even an unnamed white supremacy group rears its ugly head. When asked what type of politician she would be, the farmer's daughter tells us exactly what she would not be - a typical politician who only represents the wealthy people who financed their campaign and the powerful elite who backed them. Has anything actually changed in the last 50 years?
The movie is a bit dated, but because of the excellent script and acting it still manages to be a fresh and amusing comedy. The political satire is much more restrained then what modern audiences are used to, but the topics haven't aged at all. You've got two parties with no obvious ideological differences engaged in partisan bickering and mudslinging while a small group of wealthy and powerful men decide who is going to run for office. Integrity takes a back seat to party politics and favors. Even an unnamed white supremacy group rears its ugly head. When asked what type of politician she would be, the farmer's daughter tells us exactly what she would not be - a typical politician who only represents the wealthy people who financed their campaign and the powerful elite who backed them. Has anything actually changed in the last 50 years?
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- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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