The Ruling Voice

{{short description|1931 film}} {{Use American English|date=October 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Ruling Voice | image = The Ruling Voice (The Bioscope, August 26, 1931).jpg | caption = Advertisement in a 1931 magazine | director = Rowland V. Lee | producer = | story = {{ubl|Rowland V. Lee|Donald W. Lee}} | screenplay = Byron Morgan | writer = Robert Lord ''(adaptation)'' | starring = {{ubl|Walter Huston|Loretta Young|Doris Kenyon}} | music = David Mendoza | cinematography = Sol Polito | editing = George Amy | studio = First National Pictures | distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures | released = {{film date|1931|10|31}} | runtime = 76 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Ruling Voice''''' is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Walter Huston, Loretta Young, and Doris Kenyon. It had an alternate title ''Upper Underworld'', and was produced by First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.<ref>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6409 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893–1993: ''The Ruling Voice''], afi.com; accessed August 10, 2015.</ref>

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Walter Huston as Jack Bannister * Loretta Young as Gloria Bannister * Dudley Digges as Abner Sneed * David Manners as Dick Cheney * Doris Kenyon as Mary Stanton * John Halliday as Dexter Burroughs * Willard Robertson as Ed Bailey * Gilbert Emery as Andrew Gregory * Douglas Scott as Malcolm Stanton }} alt=A woman looks up at a man with a furrowed brow and face of concern.|center|thumb|Doris Kenyon and Walter Huston

==Preservation== A copy of ''The Ruling Voice'' is preserved at the Library of Congress.<ref>''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', American Film Institute, 1978. p. 156.</ref> The film had its copyright renewed and will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2027.{{Efn|1=Under [https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig3121213li/page/122/mode/2up?q=ruling R226207]}}

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==External links== {{commons category|The Ruling Voice (1931 film)}} *{{IMDb title|0022331}} *{{TCMDb title|88743}}

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