103 minutes
10/7/1947
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 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.
James Stewart
as Rip Smith
Jane Wyman
as Mary Peterman
Kent Smith
as Hoopendecker
Ned Sparks
as Ike
Wallace Ford
as Lou Dicketts
Regis Toomey
as Ed Weaver
Ann Doran
as Mrs. Weaver
Donald Meek
as Mr. Twiddle
E.J. Ballantine
as Moody
Ann Shoemaker
as Ma Peterman
Mickey Kuhn
as Hank Nickleby
Howard Freeman
as Nickleby
Harry Holman
as Mayor
Mary Currier
as Mrs. Frisby
Mickey Roth
as Bob Peterman
Frank Fenton
as Birch
George Irving
as Senator Wilton
Selmer Jackson
as Stringer
Robert Dudley
as Dickey
Julia Dean
as Mrs. Wilton
Joel Friedkin
as Dingle
Paul Scardon
as Hodges
George Chandler
as Bus Driver
Frank Darien
as Quincy
Larry Wheat
as Sam Fuller
Jimmy Crane
as Shorty
Richard Belding
as Junior Dicketts
Danny Mummert
as Benny
Edgar Dearing
as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Garry Owen
as Cigar Counter Clerk (uncredited)
Nella Walker
as Grandview Citizen (uncredited)