Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1941-05-23
Genre:Comedy
Duration:66 min
Director:Christy Cabanne
Actors:Guy Kibbee, Bobs Watson, Susan Peters, James Corner, Emma Dunn
Production:RKO Radio Pictures, Pyramid Productions

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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