Scattergood Pulls the Strings(1941)
He's the guy with a finger in every pie!
Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after being unjustly imprisoned, and a young chemist who is trying to invent a color television but is being opposed by his girlfriend's father, who wants the girl to marry a pharmacist like himself instead of some crazy inventor.
Movie: Scattergood Pulls the Strings
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Scattergood Baines
Jimmy Jordan
Ruth Savage
Urban Downs
Mirandy Baines
Pliny Pickett
Ben Mott
Squire Pettibone
Clara Potts
Hipp
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Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after being unjustly imprisoned, and a young chemist who is trying to invent a color television but is being opposed by his girlfriend's father, who wants the girl to marry a pharmacist like himself instead of some crazy inventor.
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1941-05-23
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