Scattergood Rides High

Part of Scattergood Baines

1942•1h 6m

Comedy

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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Production

Pyramid Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Language

Status

Released

Release Date

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Guy Kibbee

Scattergood Baines

Jed Prouty

Mr. Van Pelt

Dorothy Moore

Helen Van Pelt

Charles Lind

Dan Knox

Kenneth Howell

Phillip Dane

Regina Wallace

Mrs. Van Pelt

Arthur Aylesworth

Cromwell

Frances Carson

Mrs. Dane

Paul White

Hipp

Walter Baldwin

Martin Knox

Lee Phelps

Trainer

Earle Hodgins

Auctioneer (uncredited)

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