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A Stranger in Town (1943)

A Stranger in Town poster
Directed by
Roy Rowland
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A big-city politician visits a small town and gets involved with local characters. The story follows his interactions with the townspeople and the changes they bring about.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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