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Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Robert RiskinWriter
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James StewartRip Smith
- Jane WymanMary Peterman
- Kent SmithHoopendecker
- Ned SparksIke
- Wallace FordLou Dicketts
- Regis ToomeyEd Weaver
- Ann DoranMrs. Weaver
- Donald MeekMr. Twiddle
- E.J. BallantineMoody
- Ann ShoemakerMa Peterman
- Mickey KuhnHank Nickleby
- Howard FreemanNickleby
Stills
Themes
small townopinion poll