Magic Town (1947)
1h 43m
Running Time
October 7, 1947Release Date
Magic Town (1947)
1h 43m
Running Time
October 7, 1947Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
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
E.J. Ballantine
Moody
Ann Shoemaker
Ma Peterman
Mickey Kuhn
Hank Nickleby
Howard Freeman
Nickleby
Harry Holman
Mayor
Mary Currier
Mrs. Frisby
Mickey Roth
Bob Peterman
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
Jimmy Crane
Shorty
Richard Belding
Junior Dicketts
Danny Mummert
Benny
Edgar Dearing
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Moving Man (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 7, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
small town
opinion poll
Wiki.
Magic Town is a 1947 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman. The picture is one of the first films about the then-new practice of public opinion polling. The film was inspired by the Middletown studies. It is also known as The Magic City.
The "magic" of the title is the mathematical miracle (as it is called in the film) that certain towns can be used to fairly accurately predict the actions of the whole country.
This was character actor Donald Meek’s final film.
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