Welcome Stranger

Year: 1947

Runtime: 107 mins

Language: English

Director: Elliott Nugent

Comedy

Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires a vacation replacement without seeing him. Young, singing Doctor Jim Pearson doesn’t click with McRory, but after meeting teacher Trudy Mason he stays. The townspeople, following McRory, give Pearson a cold shoulder, especially Trudy’s fiancé. The tension erupts when an emergency appendectomy is required.

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