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What was the truth about Ada?
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.Read moreLess
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.
The story
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.
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Susan HaywardAda Gillis
Dean MartinBo Gillis
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteSylvester Marin
Ralph MeekerColonel Yancey
Martin BalsamSteve Jackson
Frank MaxwellRonnie Hallerton
Connie SawyerAlice Sweet
Ford RaineySpeaker
Charles WattsAl Winslow
Larry GatesJoe Adams
Carol FormanNewspaper WomanExplore the crew
- Producer
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Director
- Daniel Mann
- Screenplay
- William Driskill
- Screenplay
- Arthur Sheekman
- Director of Photography
- Joseph Ruttenberg
- Original Music Composer
- Bronislau Kaper
- Editor
- Ralph E. Winters