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Rip Smith discovers a town statistically identical to the entire country so he and his assistants go there to run polls easily and cheaply. When he meets local civic cruader Mary Peterman romantic involvement follows and things start to change rapidly...Product Identifiers
ProducerRobert Riskin
EAN5060425351052
eBay Product ID (ePID)12048548177
Product Key Features
ActorKent Smith, Donald Meek, Ann Doran, Regis Toomey, Ann Shoemaker, Jane Wyman, James Stewart, Ned Sparks
Film/TV TitleMagic Town
DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
Release Year2017
FeaturesBlack & White
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs1
ComposerRoy Webb
Additional InformationJimmy Stewart plays Lawrence Smith in this Capraesque tale in which an ambitious pollster finds a small town whose citizens' opinions accurately reflect those of America at large. On discovering this oddity in the darling town of Grandview, Smith plots to exploit this "mathematical miracle." Posing as an insurance salesman along with his two sidekicks, Ike Sloan (Ned Sparks) and Mr. Twiddle (Donald Meek), he romances the local newspaper editor while trying to keep her from discovering his true intentions. The young editor, Mary Peterman (Jane Wyman), has hopes for improving the town with a new civics centre. Mary soon proves to be smarter than "Rip" ever anticipated. When she exposes the truth, the resulting publicity threatens to destroy the town and everything it stood for. Screenwriter Robert Riskin made his independent producing debut with this film directed by the great William Wellman.
ScreenwriterRobert Riskin
Art DirectorLionel Banks
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorSherman Todd, Richard Wray
Movie/TV TitleMagic Town
Director of PhotographyJoseph Biroc