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It Happens Every Thursday(1953)
Status: Released
Date: 1953-04-22
62%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 20m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: It Happens Every Thursday
Top 10 Billed Cast
Loretta Young
Jane MacAvoy
John Forsythe
Bob MacAvoy
Frank McHugh
Fred Hawley
Edgar Buchanan
Jake
Gregg Palmer
Chet Dunne
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Spatch
Willard Waterman
Myron Trout
Jimmy Conlin
Matthew
Regis Toomey
Mayor Hull
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