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Shepherd of the Ozarks

Shepherd of the Ozarks

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 26, 1942

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

Shepherd of the Ozarks

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

Director

Frank McDonald

Description

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