Movie: Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Top 10 Billed Cast

Guy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee

Scattergood Baines

Bobs Watson
Bobs Watson

Jimmy Jordan

Susan Peters
Susan Peters

Ruth Savage

James Corner
James Corner

Urban Downs

Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn

Mirandy Baines

Dink Trout
Dink Trout

Pliny Pickett

Monte Blue
Monte Blue

Ben Mott

Carl Stockdale
Carl Stockdale

Squire Pettibone

Fern Emmett
Fern Emmett

Clara Potts

Paul White
Paul White

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.

  • Release Date

    1941-05-23

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

    He's the guy with a finger in every pie!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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