Scandal at Scourie is a 1953 American drama Technicolor film directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon "above the title", and co-starring Donna Corcoran. Garson and Pidgeon were together for the 8th and last time in this movie, which was filmed on location in Canada.
Plot
Catholic girl Patsy (Donna Corcoran) lives in an orphanage in Quebec. After Patsy accidentally knocks over a lamp, starting a fire that burns the orphanage down, she finds a new home with the McChesney couple, who live in Protestant Ontario. While Victoria McChesney (Greer Garson) is excited about the new family member, Patrick McChesney (Walter Pidgeon) reacts reluctantly as he was uninformed of the adoption, and is also a candidate for the Parliament in Ottawa. After Victoria overcomes a case of mycetism caused by Patsy collecting poisonous mushrooms, Patsy is suspected of causing a fire at the local school. The examination of the case finds no concrete evidence against Patsy. McChesney declares to give up his candidature in order to accept Patsy as his daughter. Patsy, however, flees. In the meantime, her innocence is proven. Patsy is found again and accepted in the McChesney home as their daughter.
Cast
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $783,000 in the US and Canada and $842,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $333,000.
Notes
Scandal at Scourie was the last of eight movies that paired Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. The others were:
- Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- Madame Curie (1943)
- Mrs. Parkington (1944)
- Julia Misbehaves (1948)
- That Forsyte Woman (1949)
- The Miniver Story (1950)
References
External links
- Scandal at Scourie at IMDb
- Scandal at Scourie at the TCM Movie Database
- Scandal at Scourie at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
