This satirical comedy directed by William Wellman was written by producer Robert Riskin, who penned the screenplays for many of Frank Capra's most heavenly films. Sadly, this effort remains earthbound, as down-on-his-luck opinion pollster James Stewart takes off to the little town he thinks could be the perfect reflection of average America and thus earn him a lot of new business. Romance takes the form of the town's newspaper boss Jane Wyman who digs the dirt on what Stewart and his colleagues are up to. There's a very amusing poetry-reading scene between Stewart and Wyman, a roistering drinking scene and the obligatory happy ending. But these are splendid highlights in a dullish movie that misses the target more often than it should. One of Stewart's very few misfires in the post-war period.

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