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Shepherd of the Ozarks 1942 Directed by Frank McDonald

Aluminum magnate James J. Maloney, Sr. meets with government officials to discuss the war effort and the need to end price-fixing. After the meeting, Maloney receives word that his son Jimmy, a playboy turned Army flight instructor, is lost with his navigator, Scully, somewhere in the Ozarks. While Maloney rushes to find his son, Jimmy and Scully crash land in the small town of Weaverville, where the mayor and his wife, Abner and Elviry Weaver, are trying to impress upon the citizens that they are better off in the mountains than in the big city

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Comedy
Production Company Republic Pictures
Release Date 26 March 1942
70 mins
Cast
June Weaver Elviry
Marilyn Hare Susanna Weaver
Frank Albertson Lieutenant James J. 'Jimmy' Maloney, Jr.
Thurston Hall James Maloney
Johnny Arthur Doolittle
William Haade Dudd Hitt