Scattergood Survives a Murder

Rural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.

Cast

Guy Kibbee

as Scattergood Baines

John Archer

as Dunker Gilson

Margaret Hayes

as Gail Barclay

Wallace Ford

as Wally Collins

Spencer Charters

as Sheriff

Eily Malyon

as Mrs. Grimes

John Miljan

as Rolfe

George Chandler

as Sam Caldwell

Dick Elliott

as Mathew Quentin

Florence Lake

as Phoebe Quentin

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