Welcome Stranger (1947) (original) (raw)

Academy Award winners Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald re-team in Welcome Stranger - their follow-up film to Best Picture winner Going My Way. Dr. McRory (Fitzgerald) is a crotchety old physician who decides to take his first vacation in years. He requests a substitute doctor and gets Jim Pearson (Crosby), a brash young man who immediately rubs him the wrong way. So Dr. McRory decides to forget the vacation and stay home to protect his practice. This puts the two men at each other�s throats � and the fun begins! Filled with classic Bing Crosby songs, this heartwarming comedy gem is just what ...(more)

Academy Award winners Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald re-team in Welcome Stranger - their follow-up film to Best Picture winner Going My Way. Dr. McRory (Fitzgerald) is a crotchety old physician who decides to take his first vacation in years. He requests a substitute doctor and gets Jim Pearson (Crosby), a brash young man who immediately rubs him the wrong way. So Dr. McRory decides to forget the vacation and stay home to protect his practice. This puts the two men at each other�s throats � and the fun begins! Filled with classic Bing Crosby songs, this heartwarming comedy gem is just what the doctor ordered. (less)

Director: Elliott Nugent
Writers: Frank Butler, N. Richard Nash, Arthur Sheekman
Starring: Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen, Elizabeth Patterson
Producer: Sol C. Siegel

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