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6.5/10 • 13

1943-04-011h 7m

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You'll Take Him Into Your Heart!

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.

Directors
Roy Rowland

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  1. Frank Morgan

    Frank Morgan

    John Josephus Grant

  2. Richard Carlson

    Richard Carlson

    Bill Adams

  3. Jean Rogers

    Jean Rogers

    Lucy Gilbert

  4. Porter Hall

    Porter Hall

    Judge Austin Harkley

  5. Robert Barrat

    Robert Barrat

    Mayor Jim Connison

  6. Donald MacBride

    Donald MacBride

    Vinnie Zephyr Blaxton

  7. Walter Baldwin

    Walter Baldwin

    Tom Cooney

  8. Andrew Tombes

    Andrew Tombes

    Roscoe Swade

  9. Olin Howland

    Olin Howland

    Homer Todds

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Jun 26, 2022

7/10

Frank Morgan is a American Supreme court Justice ("John Grant") who heads off, with his secretary, on a well earned fishing trip. When he arrives in the small town of Crown Port, he soon discovers that local lawyer "Bill Adams" (Richard Carlson) is on a bit of a crusade to clean up the corrupt town by running for mayor - and having quite a struggle at that. Anonymously, "Grant" decides to pitch in and together they try to manipulate the situation and the town's crooked judge "Harkley" (Porter Hall) to their advantage. Morgan is on fine form here, he has a bit of a glint in his eye and the film revolves around that. Jean Rogers adds a little glamour, and provides a little of the obligatory romance with Carson as their challenge gathers pace. It's fun, this - only just over an hour, well written with a bit of personality and worth a

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Status
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Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
small townstrangerpolitical corruptionmayoral candidate