Frank Morgan who since The Great Cellini played mostly bumbling fools in film took a somewhat serious turn in his career with this B film from his studio MGM. A Stranger In Town casts Morgan as a Supreme Court Justice who comes to a small town for a hunting vacation. When he gets shaken down for a local hunting license Morgan takes a hand in the local reform movement to get the gang of crooks led by Mayor Robert Barrat.
The reform candidate for mayor against Barrat is Richard Carlson an eager young lawyer with more passion than courtroom smarts. But getting tutelage from a Supreme Court Justice albeit incognito certainly stood him in good stead. That and a little romance from Justice Morgan's law clerk Jean Rogers.
Some of the other members of the cast are such familiar character players as Irving Bacon, Andrew Toombes, Donald MacBride, Olin Howland, and Chill Wills that cast is guaranteed entertainment. Of particular note is Porter Hall playing a corrupt judge who gets an opportunity to get out from under and takes it gratefully. John Hodiak made his feature film debut in A Stranger In Town.
A Stranger In Town is a Capra-lite like comedy which holds up well even in these more sophisticated times.
The reform candidate for mayor against Barrat is Richard Carlson an eager young lawyer with more passion than courtroom smarts. But getting tutelage from a Supreme Court Justice albeit incognito certainly stood him in good stead. That and a little romance from Justice Morgan's law clerk Jean Rogers.
Some of the other members of the cast are such familiar character players as Irving Bacon, Andrew Toombes, Donald MacBride, Olin Howland, and Chill Wills that cast is guaranteed entertainment. Of particular note is Porter Hall playing a corrupt judge who gets an opportunity to get out from under and takes it gratefully. John Hodiak made his feature film debut in A Stranger In Town.
A Stranger In Town is a Capra-lite like comedy which holds up well even in these more sophisticated times.