Gabriel Over the White House
“The sensation of a nation!”
1933 · 1 h 26 min
Gregory La CavaCast
Walter Huston 
Karen Morley 
Franchot Tone 
Arthur Byron 
Dickie Moore 
C. Henry Gordon
Credits
Written by: Carey Wilson
Plot
A political hack becomes President, is nearly killed in a crash, and then, apparently inspired by the angel Gabriel, becomes a reformer.
Sinekatalog’s take
Gregory La Cava's pre-Code political fantasy, with Walter Huston, is strange and prescient, a mix of populism and dictatorship.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (1,651 votes)
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