A Stranger in Town

6.5

67 minutes

4/1/1943

Overview

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.

Cast List

Frank Morgan
as John Josephus Grant
Richard Carlson
as Bill Adams
Jean Rogers
as Lucy Gilbert
Porter Hall
as Judge Austin Harkley
Robert Barrat
as Mayor Jim Connison
Donald MacBride
as Vinnie Zephyr Blaxton
Walter Baldwin
as Tom Cooney
Andrew Tombes
as Roscoe Swade
Olin Howland
as Homer Todds
Irving Bacon
as Orin Todds
Chill Wills
as Charles Craig
Eddie Dunn
as Henry
Gladys Blake
as Birdie
John Hodiak
as Hart Ridges
Edward Keane
as Blaxton's Lawyer
Robert Homans
as Sergeant
Joe Yule
as Barber
Fern Emmett
as Hotel Maid
Gladden James
as Newspaper Man (uncredited)