Ada

A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.

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  Susan Hayward

  Ada Gillis
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  Dean Martin

  Bo Gillis
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  Wilfrid Hyde-White

  Sylvester Marin
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  Ralph Meeker

  Colonel Yancey
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  Martin Balsam

  Steve Jackson
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  Frank Maxwell

  Ronnie Hallerton
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  Connie Sawyer

  Alice Sweet
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  Ford Rainey

  Speaker
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  Charles Watts

  Al Winslow
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  Larry Gates

  Joe Adams