
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.
Cast

Loretta Young
Jane MacAvoy

John Forsythe
Bob MacAvoy

Frank McHugh
Fred Hawley

Edgar Buchanan
Jake

Gregg Palmer
Chet Dunne

Harvey Grant
Steve MacAvoy

Jane Darwell
Mrs. Spatch

Willard Waterman
Myron Trout

Jimmy Conlin
Matthew

Regis Toomey
Mayor Hull

Gladys George
Mrs. Holmes

Kathryn Card
Mrs. Dow
Edward Clark
Homer

Eddy Waller
James Bartlett
Crew

Joseph Pevney
Director
Barney Slater
Adaptation
Leonard Praskins
Adaptation
Dane Lussier
Screenplay
Jane S. McIlvaine
Novel
Frank Gross
Editor
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Frank Shaw
Assistant Director
Anton Leader
Producer
Leonard Goldstein
Co-Producer
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Richard DeWeese
Sound
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Oliver Emert
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Robert Clatworthy
Art Direction
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