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Goin' to Town (1944)

Goin' to Town poster
Directed by
Leslie Goodwins
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two country bumpkins from a small town get involved in a scheme to turn a local place into a resort. Their bumbling actions lead to a series of humorous misunderstandings.

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What happens

Goin' to Town is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins from an original screenplay by Charles E. Roberts and Charles R. Marion, based upon the successful radio program Lum and Abner created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff. It was the fifth of seven films in the Lum and Abner series, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 28, 1944. The film stars Lauck and Goff, along with Florence Lake and Andrew Tombes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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