Gabriel Over the White House
Gabriel Over the White House

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Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years exercising a hands-off approach and leaving the problems of Depression America to local authorities. But after a miraculous recovery from an auto accident, Hammond is ready to take on every social ill and neither Congress, gangsters nor the nations of the world will stop him.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Gabriel Over the White House:

Walter Huston
Karen Morley
Franchot Tone
Arthur Byron
Dickie Moore
C. Henry Gordon

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Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years exercising a hands-off approach and leaving the problems of Depression America to local authorities. But after a miraculous recovery from an auto accident, Hammond is ready to take on every social ill and neither Congress, gangsters nor the nations of the world will stop him.

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Seanax.com - 7/10 by Sean AxmakerGregory La Cava's 1933 New Deal fantasy is one of the strangest political films to escape the studios.
Combustible Celluloid - 6/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonA classic example of pre-code Hollywood getting away with all kinds of depression-era madness.
User Review - 8/10 by Kevin HGabriel Over the White House is a bona fide left-field Pre-Code Hollywood oddity. What we have here is a Depression-Era New Deal propaganda film that romanticizes the rise of an FDR-like Fascist American Dictator, President Judson Hammond. After awakening from a near-fatal traffic accident, the president is apparently possessed by the spirit of the Archangel Gabriel. Following his divine possession, President Hammond fires his cabinet, dissolves congress, and immediately declares martial law. Hammond creates a federal "Army of Construction" (putting millions of unemployed to work), abolishes the 18th amendment while opening government liquor stores, and tries political opponents in kangaroo military courts where they are executed by firing squad. After disarming the entire world the President is seen as one of the greatest men that ever lived. While the politics of this film boil down to a radical anti-democratic pipe dream, Gabriel Over the White House provides a unique snapshot of Depression Era America. For the love of history, Pre-Code cinema, and all that is weird, Gabriel Over the White House is a wonderful curiosity piece.
User Review - 8/10 by Chet PWorth the time to see. Better with a cocktail in hand.
User Review - 6/10 by Jeff BThe best part is when his assistant becomes the Secretary of Killin' Dudes
User Review - 6/10 by Antoine SAn early-30's, Progressive fantasy, whose basic idea is "Hey you know what would cure all of America's ills? A dictatorship, that's what." Really. Shortly after he's elected president, callous politician Walter Huston is nearly killed in an auto accident. After lying in a coma for a few weeks, he "sees the light" and comes to the realization that what America really needs is a Dictator (Namely him, of course.) that can provide the citizenry all they want, and neither Congress nor that pesky old Constitution should get in the way. An interesting time capsule from a time when "Fascism" and "dictatorship" weren't words with a negative connotation, but rather, ideas that were the height of political fashion. Good acting by Huston, with a jaw-dropping, creepy moral theme.
User Review - 6/10 by Ashley HEverything ends rosy as long as you believe in the direction this dictator brings us.
User Review - 6/10 by James Hbeyond bizarre. walter huston as the president asserts his constitutional authority to become dictator of the u.s. after a near-death experience. he fires everyone and uses federal troops to combat the depression and gangsters. there's even a driveby shooting at the white house! produced by william randolph hearst the same year hitler came to power, it soon became controversial for obvious reasons and wasn't seen for many years. it's an interesting piece of propaganda and still a little bit frightening
User Review - 4/10 by Martina FThis is such a bizarre little film. It's kind of.... shocking how communist-y it is. Really. Can't be surprised about Karen Morley after watching this one.
User Review - 4/10 by James JAll that needs mentioned: epic gangsta battles.

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