- HD 1080
- Runtime: 107m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Elliott Nugent
- Stars: Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen
- keywords: professor
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: They're Back!... They're Better!
- The Welcome Stranger is featured in the top rankings of 1947
- #19 in Top Comedy Movies of 1947
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing Doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but once he meets teacher Trudy Mason, Pearson is delighted to stay. The locals, taking their cue from McRory, cold-shoulder Pearson, especially Trudy's stuffy fiancé. But then, guess who needs an emergency appendectomy?