Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger (1947)

They're Back!... They're Better!

Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his temporary replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and young, singing Doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but once Pearson meets teacher Trudy Mason, he is delighted to stay. The locals, taking their cue from McRory, cold-shoulder Pearson, especially Trudy's stuffy fiancé. But then, guess who needs an emergency appendectomy?

Date of release
1947-06-13
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Elliott Nugent

Casting

Interesting facts

Welcome Stranger is a 1947 film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Joan Caulfield. It was filmed in Hollywood with location shots at Munz Lakes during March to May 1946. Elliott Nugent appeared in one scene as a doctor sent to examine Barry Fitzgerald, and that scene was directed by Billy Wilder.

Production

Elliott Nugent said he made the film when struggling with his mental health. He said making the movie "roused me from the cheerless lethargy I had been experiencing for almost a year. I decided to ignore the gloomy advice of the eye doctors and plunge into any work—or fun—that interested me." However, "a friendly note from Bing Crosby at the conclusion" of the film "should have warned me.

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