Scattergood Rides High

May 8, 1942

1h 6m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Pyramid Productions

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Scattergood Baines

Guy Kibbee

Mr. Van Pelt

Jed Prouty

Helen Van Pelt

Dorothy Moore

Dan Knox

Charles Lind

Phillip Dane

Kenneth Howell

Mrs. Van Pelt

Regina Wallace

Cromwell

Arthur Aylesworth

Mrs. Dane

Frances Carson

Hipp

Paul White

Martin Knox

Walter Baldwin

Trainer

Lee Phelps

Auctioneer (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

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