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Scattergood Rides High
Scattergood Rides High

Scattergood Rides High

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Comedy

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When Martin Knox, a friend of Scattergood's who owns a horse-breeding farm, is killed in a harness race Scattergood tells Martin's son Dan that he will send him to college if he forgets about taking over his father's business, which was heavily mortgaged and has been put up for auction after Knox's death. The boy reluctantly agrees, but when he discovers that his favorite horse Starlight is sick, he decides to bring the animal back to health and then enter him in the Governor's Race, whose $5000 prize would enable Dan to pay off his father's mortgage and keep the business in the family.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

66 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

08 May 1942

Country

United States of America

Cast

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Scattergood Baines

Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

Mr. Van Pelt

Dorothy Moore

Dorothy Moore

Helen Van Pelt

Charles Lind

Charles Lind

Dan Knox

Kenneth Howell

Kenneth Howell

Phillip Dane

Regina Wallace

Regina Wallace

Mrs. Van Pelt

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Cromwell

Frances Carson

Frances Carson

Mrs. Dane

Paul White

Paul White

Hipp

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Martin Knox

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps

Trainer

Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

Auctioneer (uncredited)

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