The Cat's-Paw (1934)

Directors

Sam Taylor

Cast

Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton

The story

Ezekiel Cobb, a naïve young man raised by missionaries in China, is sent to the United States to seek a wife. He is promptly enlisted by the corrupt political machine of the fictional city of Stockport, led by the corrupt boss Jake Mayo to run for mayor as phony "reform" politician. He is expected to be the "cat's paw" of the political machine.

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