The Cat's-Paw

Ezekiel Cobb, a naive 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 (George Barbier (actor)) to run for mayor as phony "reform" politician. He is expected to be the "wikt:cat's-paw" of the political machine.