Magic Town

Magic Town

103 mins | Comedy, Romance | Oct. 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.

Magic Town

103 mins | Comedy, Romance | Oct. 7, 1947

Magic Town
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Magic Town
Directors Arthur S. Black Jr., William A. Wellman
Writers Joseph Krumgold, Robert Riskin

Cast

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)