Welcome Stranger (1947)
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Jun 13, 1947 (USA - Unknown), Jun 13, 1947 (USA) |
Run Time - 107 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
A curmudgeonly small-town doctor resents the presence of a new younger physician and his newfangled ways. He is especially dismayed by the new doctor's tendency to sing, a behavior the older fellow deems inappropriate. When the new doc meets a pretty young school teacher, romantic sparks fly. Unfortunately, she is engaged to the town pharmacist. This coupled with the older doctor's disapproval convinces the new fellow to leave town. The elder physician's maid intervenes and changes the young ones mind. It's a good thing too, for he saves the older one from a near fatal attack of appendicitis and earns both the veteran medic's gratitude and respect. Later the two take on a snooty new surgeon whose ambition has blinded him to simple common sense.
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aging, doctor, small-town, new-kid-in-town, resentment, love-triangle, romance, schoolteacher