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Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete also believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.Read moreLess
Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete also believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.
The story
Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete also believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Fred MacMurrayPete Marshall
Helen WalkerClaire Matthews
Marjorie MainMamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
Jean HeatherElany Fleagle
Porter HallMr. Johnson
Peter WhitneyMert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle
Mabel PaigeGrandma Fleagle
Barbara PepperBonnie Fleagle
Francis FordLee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
Harry AllenOld Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Si Jenks80-Year-Old Townsman (uncredited)
Walter BaldwinVic Hardy (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Screenplay
- Lou Breslow
- Director
- George Marshall
- Director of Photography
- Theodor Sparkuhl
- Editor
- LeRoy Stone
- Original Music Composer
- Robert Emmett Dolan