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Home Town Story is a 1951 American drama movie directed by Arthur Pierson and starring Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, Marjorie Reynolds, Alan Hale Jr., Marilyn Monroe. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Blake Washburn lost an election and now edits a small-town newspaper to help him win the next one. He uses his campaign to attack large companies. Every day, he writes articles against huge corporate profits that make shareholders rich.
During a school trip to an old mine, a careless, unhappy worker causes a tunnel to collapse. Washburn's younger sister gets trapped inside. Local businesses pull together and rescue her.
This event changes Washburn's mind. He realizes that large corporations are actually necessary because "it takes bigness to do big things."
