Magic Town
29 reviews
Comedy/Romance
1h 43m
1947
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run...
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Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.
- DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
- Release7 October 1947
- Genre
- Duration1h 43m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate29 reviews
- Productions
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast

James Stewart
Rip Smith

Jane Wyman
Mary Peterman

Kent Smith
Hoopendecker

Ned Sparks
Ike

Wallace Ford
Lou Dicketts

Regis Toomey
Ed Weaver

Ann Doran
Mrs. Weaver

Donald Meek
Mr. Twiddle

Ann Shoemaker
Ma Peterman

Mickey Kuhn
Hank Nickleby

Howard Freeman
Nickleby

Harry Holman
Mayor

Mary Currier
Mrs. Frisby

Frank Fenton
Birch

George Irving
Senator Wilton

Selmer Jackson
Stringer

Robert Dudley
Dickey

Julia Dean
Mrs. Wilton

Joel Friedkin
Dingle

Paul Scardon
Hodges

George Chandler
Bus Driver

Frank Darien
Quincy

Larry Wheat
Sam Fuller

Danny Mummert
Benny

Edgar Dearing
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy
Moving Man (uncredited)

Garry Owen
Cigar Counter Clerk (uncredited)

Nella Walker
Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
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