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Key to the City is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Sidney released in USA on 2 february 1950 with Clark Gable
Key to the City (1950)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 february 1950
Length 1h41
Directed by George Sidney
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating63%
Key to the City is a 1950 romantic comedy film starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young as mayors who meet during a convention in San Francisco and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, fall in love. This was the second (and final) time that Gable and Young starred together, the first being in the film The Call of the Wild (1935). Key to the City featured the final performance by character actor Frank Morgan, who died before the film was released.
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Synopsis
Steve Fisk is the mayor of a town called Puget City. At a convention in San Francisco, he mistakes Clarissa Standish, the mayor of Wenonah, Maine, for a "balloon dancer" he was expecting.Actors
Clark Gable
(Steve Fisk)
Frank Morgan
(Fire Chief Duggan)
Loretta Young
(Clarissa Standish)
Marilyn Maxwell
(Shelia the 'Atom' Dancer)
Raymond Burr
(Les Taggart)
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