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Stars in My Crown (1950)

Stars in My Crown poster
Directed by
Jacques Tourneur
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A preacher arrives in a small Western town and uses his faith to guide the community toward peace and moral living. The townspeople gradually change their ways through his quiet influence.

gentleheartfeltslow-pacednostalgicmoralupliftingquietfaith-driven

What happens

Stars in My Crown is a 1950 Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Joel McCrea as a preacher whose faith tames an unruly town by inspiring the townspeople to change. It was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Joe David Brown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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