Home Town Story (Hometown Story) (1951)
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Home Town Story was commissioned as a pro-Big Business tract by General Motors. The story revolves around Blake Washburn, a mildly leftist newspaperman, played by Jeffrey Lynn. Returning to his home town, Washburn turns his journalistic vitriol upon the local business interests. Only after his kid… More Home Town Story was commissioned as a pro-Big Business tract by General Motors. The story revolves around Blake Washburn, a mildly leftist newspaperman, played by Jeffrey Lynn. Returning to his home town, Washburn turns his journalistic vitriol upon the local business interests. Only after his kid sister Katie (Melinda Plowman), trapped in a cave-in, is rescued by locally produced technology, does Washburn realize the value of the capitalistic system. Home Town Story was fitfully distributed by MGM, then lapsed into obscurity. It might have remained there had it not been for the presence of a young Marilyn Monroe in a supporting part. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Arthur Pierson
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 1, 1951 Wide
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Cast
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Jeffrey Lynn
as Blake Washburn
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Donald Crisp
as John MacFarland
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Marjorie Reynolds
as Janice Hunt
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Marilyn Monroe
as Iris Martin
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Barbara Brown
as Mrs. Washburn
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Melinda Plowman
as Katie Washburn
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Renny McEvoy
as Taxi Driver
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Glenn Tryon
as Kenlock
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Byron Foulger
as Berny Miles
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Griff Barnett
as Uncle Cliff
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Virginia Campbell
as Phoebe Hartman
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Nelson Leigh
as Mr. Johnson
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Harry Harvey
as Andy Butterworth
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Speck Noblett
as Motorcycle Officer
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Alan Hale Jr.
as Slim Haskins
