State of the Union (1948) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Frank Capra.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy as Grant Matthews
• Katharine Hepburn as Mary Matthews
• Van Johnson as Spike McManus
• Angela Lansbury as Kay Thorndyke
• Adolphe Menjou as Jim Conover
• Lewis Stone as Sam Thorndyke
• Margaret Hamilton as Norah
• Charles Dingle as Bill Nolard Hardy
• Charles Lane as Blink Moran
• Howard Smith as Sam I. Parrish
• Irving Bacon as Buck Swenson
• Maidel Turner as Lulubelle Alexander
• Raymond Walburn as Judge Alexander
• Ellen Ross as Secretary
• Eve Whitney as Secretary
• Arthur O'Connell as First Reporter
• Frank Mayo as City Official
• Tor Johnson as Wrestler
• Patti Brady as Joyce Matthews
• Georgie Nokes as Grant Matthews Jr.
• Carl Switzer as Bellboy
• Tom Fadden as Waiter
• Tom Pedi as Barber
• Jerry Schumacher as Newsreel Cameraman
• Harry Anderson as Photographer (uncredited)
• Stanley Andrews as Senator (uncredited)
• Herschel Graham as Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
• Eddie Kane as Television Prompter (uncredited)
• Roger Moore as Photographer (uncredited)
• Charles Sherlock as Photographer (uncredited)
• Dave Willock as Pilot (uncredited)
• Joe Gilbert as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)

Crew

• Frank Capra — Director
• Anthony Veiller — Screenplay
• Myles Connolly — Screenplay
• Frank Capra — Producer
• Victor Young — Original Music Composer
• George J. Folsey — Director of Photography

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