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 then believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.
Cast
Fred MacMurray
Pete Marshall
Helen Walker
Claire Matthews
Marjorie Main
Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
Jean Heather
Elany Fleagle
Porter Hall
Mr. Johnson
Peter Whitney
Mert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle
Mabel Paige
Grandma Fleagle
Barbara Pepper
Bonnie Fleagle
Francis Ford
Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
Harry Allen
Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Si Jenks
80-Year-Old Townsman (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Vic Hardy (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Hardy Sympathizer (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Hardy Sympathizer (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Sheriff Murdock (uncredited)
James Flavin
Police Officer (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin
Little Man (uncredited)
Jerry James
F.B.I. Man (uncredited)
William Meader
F.B.I. Man (uncredited)
George McKay
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Arthur Hunnicutt
Townsman (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
Townsman (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Townsman (uncredited)
Crew
George Marshall
Director
Lou Breslow
Screenplay
Jack Moffitt
Story
LeRoy Stone
Editor
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
Arthur S. Black Jr.
Assistant Director
E.D. Leshin
Associate Producer
Lothrop B. Worth
Additional Camera
Mary Kay Dodson
Wardrobe Designer
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Don Johnson
Sound Recordist
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Philip Wisdom
Scoring Mixer
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects
Paul K. Lerpae
Visual Effects
Robert Emmett Dolan
Original Music Composer
Joseph J. Lilley
Additional Music
George Sawley
Set Decoration
Betty Danko
Stunts
Audrey Scott
Stunts
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
William Flannery
Art Direction
George Parrish
Orchestrator
