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Scandal at Scourie

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Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon were together again for the last time in Scandal at Scourie. Filmed on location in Canada, the plot concerns a childless Protestant couple, the McChesneys (Garson and Pidgeon), whose lives are profoundly altered by an orphaned Catholic girl named Patsy (Donna Corcoran). Through a series of far-fetched coincidences, Patsy wanders into the McChesney home, immediately capturing the heart of Mrs. McChesney. Mr. McC, a local politician, is a bit harder to win over, but eventually his wife convinces him to adopt the child. This stirs up a tempest in a teapot, as McChesney's political enemies accuse him of using Patsy to win over his Catholic constituents, while one of Patsy's former orphanage classmates spreads a rumor (backed up by circumstantial evidence) that the little girl is a "firebug." Sentimental to a fault, Scandal at Scourie is also undeniably effective.
  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Run Time: 90min.
  • Director(s): Jean Negulesco
  • Starring: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Donna Corcoran , Agnes Moorehead , Arthur Shields
  • Keywords: Catholicism,Protestant,accusation,adoption,anchorperson,arson,barber-shop,bigotry,child,church,community,conflict,couple,department-store,election,fire,girl,homeless,love,nun,office,orphan,past,politician,prejudice,priest,public,quitting,religion,rival,scandal,school,search,small-town,town,townspeople,train [locomotive],village,wife
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