The Beautiful Jean Rogers / A Stranger In Town

Jean Rogers in
A Stranger In Town (1943)
with Frank Morgan and Richard Carlson

Summary: You know him as the geat and powerful Wizard of Oz, but now "The-Man-Behind-The-Curtain" Frank Morgan is the fed-up and disgruntled Supreme Court Justice John Josephus Grant in director Ray Rowland's Capra-esque fable, "A Stranger In Town." In a small town politically corrupt and riddled with graft, the noble judge cannot resist helping local lawyer and serviceman-to-be, Bill Adams run a clean campaign against the despotic Mayor James Connison and his council of crooked citizens. A final courtroom showdown leads to an eloquent speech by Justice Grant about the burning responsibilities of United States citizenship, the miracle of democratic government -- of, for and by the people, and the dangers of political and social indifference.
(From back of DVD Case)

Summary: In the small town of Crown Port local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.
By Doug Sederberg, IMDB

Eye On Jean: I like this movie! It has a good story, humor, a message about democracy and a good role for Jean Rogers. Jean plays Lucy Gilbert, a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Grant. She helps him and Bill Adams fight the town's corrupt government. Jean has a humorous scene where Lucy first arrives in the small town of Crownport. Lucy also gets involved in a couple of melees with the locals. Jean's character is seen briefly in the opening scene, then regularly in the last 40 minutes of the movie. There are also a few nice closeups of the beautiful Jean Rogers who was about 26 or 27 years old when the movie was made.
By JeanRogersFan