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Rationing (1944)

Rationing poster
Directed by
Willis Goldbeck
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This comedy is set in a small American town during World War II. The story focuses on how the townspeople deal with the government's rationing of food and other goods.

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What happens

Rationing is a 1944 American comedy film about governmental restrictions on the sale of food, fuel, and other consumer items and services in the United States during World War II. Directed by Willis Goldbeck and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the production stars Wallace Beery and features Marjorie Main. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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