A Stranger in Town

1943

Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers

Visiting a small town in order to hunt ducks, supreme court judge Frank Morgan (the Wizard of Oz) discovers abuse of power by public servants.

Although there is an on-screen copyright statement, the film was not copyrighted. This lack of copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

A Stranger in Town is a 1943 comedy-drama political film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Roy Rowland (film director) and produced by Robert Sisk from an original screenplay by Isobel Lennart and William Kozlenko. The film had a music score by Daniele Amfitheatrof and Nathaniel Shilkret, and cinematography by Sidney Wagner (cinematographer).

Cast

Frank Morgan as John Josephus Grant
Richard Carlson (actor) as Bill Adams
Jean Rogers as Lucy Gilbert
Porter Hall as Judge Austin Harkley
Robert Barrat as Mayor Connison
Donald MacBride as Vinnie Z. Blaxton
Walter Baldwin as Tom Cooney
Andrew Tombes as Roscoe Swade
Olin Howland as Homer Todds
Chill Wills as Charles Craig
Irving Bacon as Orrin Todds
Eddie Dunn as Henry
Gladys Blake as Birdie
John Hodiak as Hart Ridges
Edward Keane as Blaxton's Lawyer
Robert Homans as Sergeant

Category:1943 films
Category:American comedy-drama films
Category:American political drama films
Category:1940s romance films
Category:English-language films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Films directed by Roy Rowland
Category:1940s comedy-drama films

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