The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1950
Key to the City
Directed by
George Sidney
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by …
The story
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan
Cast
Clark GableSteve Fisk
Loretta YoungClarissa Standish
Frank MorganFire Chief Duggan
Marilyn MaxwellShelia the 'Atom' Dancer
Raymond BurrLes Taggart
James GleasonSergeant Hogan
Lewis StoneJudge Silas Standish
Raymond WalburnMayor Billy Butler
Pamela BrittonMiss Unconscious
Zamah CunninghamMrs. Butler
Clinton SundbergMark Mont Desk Clerk
Marion MartinEmmy
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Bert FreedEmmy's Husband
Emory ParnellCouncil Chairman
Clara BlandickLiza, Silas' housekeeper
Ruth CliffordMrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Jack ElamCouncilman (uncredited)
Edward GarganS.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
Marvin KaplanFrancis - Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseMayor (uncredited)
Frank WilcoxCouncilman (uncredited)
Victor Sen YungMC at the Blue Duck (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerCustodian (uncredited)
Joi LansingMiss Garbage Truck
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