The Richest Man in Town is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Frank Craven, Edgar Buchanan and Roger Pryor.Fetrow p.403 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot In a small town bank manager Abb Crothers and newspaper owner Pete Martin have a friendly feud stretching back many years. However Martin goes too far when he published an obituary of the still alive Crothers.
Cast Frank Craven as Abb Crothers Edgar Buchanan as Pete Martin Eileen O'Hearn as Mary Martin Roger Pryor as Tom Manning Tom Dugan as Jack Leslie George McKay as Jerry Ross Jimmy Dodd as Bill Jan Duggan as Penelope Kidwell John Tyrrell as Ozzie Williams Harry Tyler as Cliff Smithers Will Wright as Frederick Johnson Joel Friedkin as Ed Gunther Erville Alderson as Jenkins Thomas W. Ross as Dr. Dickenson Eddie Earle as Berton Ferris Taylor as Perkins George Guhl as Sheriff Netta Packer as Miss Andrews William Gould as Thorpe Kathryn Sheldon as Martha
References
Bibliography Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
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