Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
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The title neatly gives away the ending in RKO Radio's Scattergood Survives a Murder. Guy Kibbee once again stars as storekeeper Scattergood Baines, the sage of the small town of Coldriver. The story gets under way when two reclusive spinsters die under mysterious circumstances. Inasmuch the as the eccentric old ladies have left their fortune to their pet cats, Scattergood suspects that foul play was involved, with the victims' sinister housekeeper (Eily Malyon) high on the suspect list. Aiding and abetting our hero in his easygoing investigation are local newspaper editor John Archer and hotshot gal reporter Margaret Hayes (Archer, incidentally, was the father of present-day leading lady Anne Archer). Scattergood Survives a Murder was the latest in a series of B-pictures inspired by the long-running radio saga Scattergood Baines. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Guy Kibbee - Scattergood Baines
- Maggie Hayes - Gail Barclay
- Spencer Charters - Sheriff
- George Chandler - Sam Caldwell
- Florence Lake - Phoebe Quentin
- Willie Best - Hipp
- Eddy Waller - Lafe Allen
- Margaret McWade - Lydia Quentin
- Earl Hodgins - Coroner
- John Miljan - Rolfe
- John Archer - Dunker Gilson
- Wallace Ford - Wally Collins
- Eily Malyon - Mrs. Grimes
- Dick Elliott - Mathew Quentin
- Sarah Edwards - Selma Quentin
- George Guhl - Deputy
- Margaret Seddon - Cynthia Quentin
- Frank Reicher - Thaddeus Quentin
- Alfred Hall - Surrogate
- Director(s):
- William Christy Cabanne
- Writer(s):
- Michael Simmons
- Producer(s):
- Jerrold T. Brandt
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