Stranger in Town(1931)
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Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles' supply of produce, whereupon his friends and neighbors save his business by supplying him with goods from their own farms.
Movie: Stranger in Town
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ulysses Crickle
Marian Crickle
Jerry Fleming
Elmer Perkins
Constable Hilliker
Ed Brice
Mrs. Petrick
Mrs. Barnes
Harvey Company Wholesale Sales Clerk
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