The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

Cast

Eddie Bracken

as Norval Jones

Betty Hutton

as Trudy Kockenlocker

Diana Lynn

as Emmy Kockenlocker

William Demarest

as Constable Edmund Kockenlocker

Porter Hall

as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace

Emory Parnell

as Mr. Tuerck

Al Bridge

as Mr. Johnson

Julius Tannen

as Mr. Rafferty

Victor Potel

as Newspaper Editor

Brian Donlevy

as Governor McGinty

Reviews

John Chard

The Magic Miracle Mirth In Morgan's Creek! After viewing this comic masterpiece I find during my research that the real miracle here is that the film ever got made in the first place! Coming as it did in 1944 wartime the film literally takes the rise out of everything held so wholesome in those t...

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