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Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-12-08
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The lovable old busy-body... BLWE the town SKY HIGH!
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An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even though she didn't say so, he believes she needs his help. When he gets there he discovers that his daughter, a lawyer, is under great stress because of her biggest client, an old geezer who is the wealthiest and most powerful man in town. The girl's father decides to make the old man "disappear" by performing a rain dance he learned from an Indian chief back in Wyoming--and lo and behold it starts to rain and the old man does indeed disappear. The local sheriff, however, suspects foul play and arrests the girl's father.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Hal Roach Studios
Movie: Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Top 8 Billed Cast
Clem Bevans
Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
Cecil Kellaway
Jonathan Huntoon Smith
David Bruce
Tom Adams, Smith's Attorney
Virginia Grey
Janet Smedley Adams
Leslie Banning
Debbie Smith, Jonathan's Daughter (as Leslye Banning)
Syd Saylor
Sheriff Luke Arundle
Frank Lackteen
Broken Head (as Running Deer in Credits)
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An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even though she didn't say so, he believes she needs his help. When he gets there he discovers that his daughter, a lawyer, is under great stress because of her biggest client, an old geezer who is the wealthiest and most powerful man in town. The girl's father decides to make the old man "disappear" by performing a rain dance he learned from an Indian chief back in Wyoming--and lo and behold it starts to rain and the old man does indeed disappear. The local sheriff, however, suspects foul play and arrests the girl's father.
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1950-12-08
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The lovable old busy-body... BLWE the town SKY HIGH!
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