Historia de una ciudad (1951)
Después de haber ocupado el cargo de senador durante dos años, Blake Washburn pierde su puesto tras las elecciones, pero parece que tras su fracaso se esconde algún asunto de turbias intenciones a cargo de los grandes hombres de negocios de la ciudad, en concreto de John McFarland, padre del candidato triunfador. Blake hará uso de su trabajo de editor del Herald, el periódico más influyente de la ciudad, para emprender una cruzada contra las grandes empresas, buscando con empeño cualquier irregularidad que le permita denunciarlas y mostrar a la sociedad su bondad como ciudadano y su capacidad para gobernar y hacer justicia.
Directora: Arthur Pierson
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Jeffrey Lynn as Blake Washburn |
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Donald Crisp as John MacFarland |
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Marjorie Reynolds as Janice Hunt |
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Alan Hale Jr. as Slim Haskins |
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Marilyn Monroe as Iris Martin |
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Barbara Brown as Mrs. Washburn |
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Melinda Casey as Katie Washburn |
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Renny McEvoy as Leo, the Taxi Driver |
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Glenn Tryon as Ken Kenlock |
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Byron Foulger as Berny Miles |
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Griff Barnett as Uncle Cliff Washburn |
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Virginia Campbell as Phoebe Hartman |
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Harry Harvey as Andy Butterworth |
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Nelson Leigh as Dr. Johnson |
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Speck Noblitt as Motorcycle Officer |
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Dorothy Adams as Hospital Nurse (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Patron at Barbecue Room (uncredited) |
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Robert Foulk as Electrical Worker (uncredited) |
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Hugh Beaumont as Bob MacFarland (uncredited) |
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Tom Keene as Abbott (uncredited) |
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Matt McHugh as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Ray Teal as Complaining Electrical Worker (uncredited) |
| Directing | Arthur Pierson | Director |
| Writing | Arthur Pierson | Writer |
| Editing | William F. Claxton | Editor |
| Directing | Richard Dixon | Assistant Director |
| Production | Arthur Pierson | Producer |
| Production | Ray Heinz | Production Manager |
| Camera | Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hilyard M. Brown | Art Direction |
| Sound | Louis Forbes | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | William Randall Sr. | Sound |
| Art | Claude E. Carpenter | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Littlefield | Makeup Artist |