Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

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Scattergood Pulls the Strings

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

1941

1h 6m

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Comedy

Overview

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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RKO Radio Pictures

Cast & Crew

15 members

Acting

Guy Kibbee

Scattergood Baines

Guy Kibbee

Acting

Bobs Watson

Jimmy Jordan

Bobs Watson

Acting

Susan Peters

Ruth Savage

Susan Peters

Acting

James Corner

Urban Downs

James Corner

Acting

Emma Dunn

Mirandy Baines

Emma Dunn

Acting

Dink Trout

Pliny Pickett

Dink Trout

Acting

Monte Blue

Ben Mott

Monte Blue

Acting

Carl Stockdale

Squire Pettibone

Carl Stockdale

Acting

Fern Emmett

Clara Potts

Fern Emmett

Acting

Paul White

Hipp

Paul White

Acting

Lee 'Lasses' White

Ed Potts

Lee 'Lasses' White

Acting

Ann Shoemaker

Mrs. Downs

Ann Shoemaker

Acting

Gordon Hart

Homer Savage

No Image

Acting

Howard Hickman

Withers (as Howard C. Hickman)

Howard Hickman

Acting

Earle Hodgins

Deputy

Earle Hodgins

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