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Scattergood Survives a Murder

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Original title

Year

1942

Running time

66 min.

Country

United States

Director

Christy Cabanne

Screenwriter

Michael L. Simmons. Character: Clarence Budington Kelland

Cast

Music

Paul Sawtell

Cinematography

Jack MacKenzie

Producer

Pyramid Productions. Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures

Genre

Mystery. Thriller. Film noir | Sequel. Crime. Half-length Film

Synopsis

Scattergood meets the new owner of the local newspaper, Dunker Gillson. One of Gillson's first tasks is to interview the wealthy but reclusive Quentin sisters, Lydia and Cynthia, who have stayed in their old musty house for years. The somewhat sinister Nrs. Grimes, the sisters' housekeeper, refuses to let Gillson talk to the sisters. Later, when the sisters' beloved cat takes ill, Mrs. Grimes insists on driving them to town in their horse-and-buggy outfit. An accident occurs on the way to town and the sisters are killed. At the reading of the will, everyone is surprised and shocked at the sisters' stipulations regarding their fortune.

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Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942

Christy Cabanne