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Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

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

Genres

Comedy

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

66 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

23 May 1941

Country

United States of America

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

Lee 'Lasses' White

Lee 'Lasses' White

Ed Potts

Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

Mrs. Downs

Gordon Hart

Gordon Hart

Homer Savage

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

Withers (as Howard C. Hickman)

Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

Deputy

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