Kay lives in a small rural time and thinks that her life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night she meets young, handsome, rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk, then proceeds to take her out for a night on the town.


Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s romantic dramas that feel like they were written on a napkin during a very long lunch, you might get a kick out of Small Town Girl. Everyone else? Probably not. It’s the kind of movie that asks you to buy into a marriage proposal made by a guy who can barely stan...


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William A. Wellman

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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s romantic dramas that feel like they were written on a napkin during a very long lunch, you might get a kick out of Small Town Girl. Everyone else? Probably not. It’s the kind of movie that asks you to buy into a marriage proposal made by a guy who can barely stand up straight, and then expects you to care about his social reputation for the rest of the runtime. Honestly, the whole premise is a total disaster. Bob Dakin is supposed to be t..."
Janet Gaynor
Edith Fitzgerald, John Lee Mahin, Albert Hackett, Ben Ames Williams, Frances Goodrich
United States

