A Stranger in Town (1943 film)
1943 film by Roy Rowland
- April 1943 (1943-04)
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A Stranger in Town is a 1943 comedy-drama political film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Roy Rowland and produced by Robert Sisk from an original screenplay by Isobel Lennart and William Kozlenko. The film has a music score by Daniele Amfitheatrof and Nathaniel Shilkret, and cinematography by Sidney Wagner.
Plot
Quietly planning to go duck hunting, John Josephus (Joe) Grant, a U.S. Supreme Court justice, tells his secretary Lucy Gilbert where he will be but no one else. A fish-and-game warden promptly insists he pay an extra fee for a license and toss in a "tip". Grant refuses and ends up in town, facing possible criminal charges.
There he discovers honest lawyer Bill Adams, running for mayor against the incumbent, Connison, someone he considers to be corrupt. Judge Austin Harkley, businessman Blaxton and even the sheriff appear to be in the mayor's pocket, and when Bill is insulted and throws a punch, they conspire to keep him in jail.
Joe intervenes on Bill's behalf without telling anyone his true identity. He helps free Bill in the first legal dispute, then does likewise for Lucy after she shows up and is denied a room at the local hotel for no good reason. Joe ultimately admits who he really is, causing Bill to faint. Once he recovers, his political career begins.
Cast
- Frank Morgan as John Josephus Grant
- Richard Carlson as Bill Adams
- Jean Rogers[1] as Lucy Gilbert
- Porter Hall as Judge Austin Harkley
- Robert Barrat as Mayor Connison
- Donald MacBride as Vinnie Z. Blaxton
- Walter Baldwin as Tom Cooney
- Andrew Tombes as Roscoe Swade
- Olin Howland as Homer Todds
- Chill Wills as Charles Craig
- Irving Bacon as Orrin Todds
- Eddie Dunn as Henry
- Gladys Blake as Birdie
- John Hodiak as Hart Ridges
- Edward Keane as Blaxton's Lawyer
- Robert Homans as Sergeant
References
- ^ Mayer, Geoff (2017). Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland Inc. Publishers. p. 247. ISBN 9780786477623.
External links
- A Stranger in Town at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- A Stranger in Town at IMDb
- A Stranger in Town at the TCM Movie Database
- A Stranger in Town at AllMovie
- A Stranger in Town is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Roy Rowland
- Hollywood Party (1934)
- A Night at the Movies (1937)
- A Stranger in Town (1943)
- Lost Angel (1943)
- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
- Boys' Ranch (1946)
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
- Killer McCoy (1947)
- Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
- Scene of the Crime (1949)
- The Outriders (1950)
- Two Weeks with Love (1950)
- Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
- Affair with a Stranger (1953)
- The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
- The Moonlighter (1953)
- Witness to Murder (1954)
- Rogue Cop (1954)
- Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954, TV special)
- Hit the Deck (1955)
- Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
- Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
- These Wilder Years (1956)
- Gun Glory (1957)
- Slander (1957)
- Seven Hills of Rome (1958)
- The Girl Hunters (1962)
- Gunfighters of Casa Grande (1964)
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