Scattergood Pulls the Strings

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

1941 1h 6m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Guy Kibbee
Scattergood Baines
Bobs Watson
Jimmy Jordan
Susan Peters
Ruth Savage
James Corner
Urban Downs
Emma Dunn
Mirandy Baines
Dink Trout
Pliny Pickett
Monte Blue
Ben Mott
Carl Stockdale
Squire Pettibone

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christy Cabanne
Writers: Christy Cabanne, Bernard Schubert
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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85 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Scattergood Baines" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Guy Kibbee and Bobs Watson and Susan Peters carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "He's the guy with a finger in every pie!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0034155 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christy Cabanne directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
285 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Scattergood Baines" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Guy Kibbee and Bobs Watson and Susan Peters carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "He's the guy with a finger in every pie!".
7IMDB entry: tt0034155 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.