New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problems with small town mores and eccentric citizens. But their schemes to increase circulation get them in over their heads.
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Loretta Young as Jane MacAvoy
John Forsythe as Bob MacAvoy
Frank McHugh as Fred Hawley
Edgar Buchanan as Jake
Gregg Palmer as Chet Dunne
Harvey Grant as Steve MacAvoy
Jane Darwell as Mrs. Spatch
Willard Waterman as Myron Trout
Jimmy Conlin as Matthew
Regis Toomey as Mayor Hull
Gladys George as Mrs. Holmes
Kathryn Card as Mrs. Dow
Edward Clark as Homer
Eddy Waller as James Bartlett
Leonard Goldstein Co-Producer
Joseph Pevney Director
Dane Lussier Screenplay
Leonard Praskins Adaptation
Barney Slater Adaptation
Anton Leader Producer
Russell Metty Director of Photography
Frank Gross Editor
Robert Clatworthy Art Direction
Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction
Oliver Emert Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Jane S. McIlvaine Novel
Leslie I. Carey Sound
United States 20 May 1953
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