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Magic Town is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William A. Wellman released in USA on 7 october 1947 with James Stewart
Magic Town (1947)
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Add to a movie listMagic Town (1947) is a comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman. The picture is one of the first films about the then-new science of public opinion polling. The movie was inspired by the Middletown studies. It is also known as The Magic City.
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Lawrence "Rip" Smith (James Stewart) is a former basketball player and ex-military who now runs a company that perform polls and consumer surveys. Lately he has started obsessing about being able to find a perfect mathematical "miracle" formula to perform the perfect survey, and compete for real with his rival companies. Because he lacks funds, he is far behind his number one rival George Stringer.Actors
James Stewart
(Rip Smith)
Jane Wyman
(Mary Peterman)
Kent Smith
(Hoopendecker)
Ned Sparks
(Ike)
Wallace Ford
(Lou Dicketts)
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