Roy Rowland

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American director who spent most of his career at MGM, where he rose from directing shorts to efficient B-features like A Stranger in Town (1943) and Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), plus westerns such as Gun Glory and the sci-fi thriller The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. — the only live-action film written by Dr. Seuss.

Directed

6.31943·1h 7mPD

Comedy, Drama

Supreme Court Justice John Josephus Grant (Frank Morgan) slips away for a quiet duck-hunting trip and lands in a small town ruled by a corrupt mayor and a bought judge. Incognito, he watches local politicians railroad an innocent young man and decides to put the system on trial himself. A warm, Capra-flavored civics comedy built around the Wizard of Oz himself, with Richard Carlson and Jean Rogers as the young couple caught in the machine. The film is in the public domain.

Comedy · Drama · Romance

A Stranger in Town

1943 - Comedy