Scattergood Rides High

Scattergood Rides High

66 mins | Comedy | May 8, 1942

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.

Scattergood Rides High

66 mins | Comedy | May 8, 1942

Scattergood Rides High
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.
Producers RKO Radio Pictures, Pyramid Productions
Original title Scattergood Rides High
Directors Christy Cabanne
Writers Michael L. Simmons, Clarence Budington Kelland

Cast

Guy Kibbee

as Scattergood Baines

Jed Prouty

as Mr. Van Pelt

Dorothy Moore

as Helen Van Pelt

Charles Lind

as Dan Knox

Kenneth Howell

as Phillip Dane

Regina Wallace

as Mrs. Van Pelt

Arthur Aylesworth

as Cromwell

Frances Carson

as Mrs. Dane

Paul White

as Hipp

Walter Baldwin

as Martin Knox

Lee Phelps

as Trainer

Earle Hodgins

as Auctioneer (uncredited)