Magic Town (1947)
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.
Director: William A. Wellman
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James Stewart as Rip Smith |
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Jane Wyman as Mary Peterman |
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Kent Smith as Hoopendecker |
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Ned Sparks as Ike |
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Wallace Ford as Lou Dicketts |
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Regis Toomey as Ed Weaver |
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Ann Doran as Mrs. Weaver |
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Donald Meek as Mr. Twiddle |
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E.J. Ballantine as Moody |
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Ann Shoemaker as Ma Peterman |
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Mickey Kuhn as Hank Nickleby |
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Howard Freeman as Nickleby |
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Harry Holman as Mayor |
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Mary Currier as Mrs. Frisby |
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Mickey Roth as Bob Peterman |
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Frank Fenton as Birch |
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George Irving as Senator Wilton |
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Selmer Jackson as Stringer |
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Robert Dudley as Dickey |
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Julia Dean as Mrs. Wilton |
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Joel Friedkin as Dingle |
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Paul Scardon as Hodges |
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George Chandler as Bus Driver |
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Frank Darien as Quincy |
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Larry Wheat as Sam Fuller |
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Jimmy Crane as Shorty |
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Richard Belding as Junior Dicketts |
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Danny Mummert as Benny |
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Edgar Dearing as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Mayor's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Tom Kennedy as Moving Man (uncredited) |
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Bert Moorhouse as Newspaper Man (uncredited) |
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Garry Owen as Cigar Counter Clerk (uncredited) |
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Nella Walker as Grandview Citizen (uncredited) |
| Writing | Joseph Krumgold | Story |
| Writing | Robert Riskin | Story |
| Directing | William A. Wellman | Director |
| Writing | Robert Riskin | Writer |
| Art | George Sawley | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Production | Robert Riskin | Producer |
| Production | William A. Wellman | Producer |
| Directing | Arthur S. Black Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Richard G. Wray | Editor |
| Editing | Sherman Todd | Editor |
| Sound | Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Lionel Banks | Production Design |
