Overview

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.

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)