Hell-Bent for Election

July. 01,1944      NR
Rating:
5.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is depicted as a streamlined diesel express train in a race against Dewey, a worn-out steam train. The public is admonished to "get behind the president and stay the course to victory."

Marvin Miller as  Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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