Home Town Story

Home Town Story is a 1951 American drama film directed by Arthur Pierson and starring Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, and Alan Hale, Jr.. The film features Marilyn Monroe in a small, early role. The film was backed by General Motors to promote the virtues of big business.

On a school outing to an abandoned mine, Jeffrey Lynns little sister is trapped in the collapse of a mine tunnel, and the towns industries come to her rescue. After little sister is rescued and flown in a company plane to the big city, Lynn has a change of heart and recognizes that the industrial townspeople are actually doing their best to help their fellow citizens.According to MGM records the film made 243,000 in the US and Canada and 91,000 elsewhere, making a profit of 195,000. ........

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