A Stranger in Town

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

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

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