Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
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The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries Tom Kettle.
- Date of release
- 1949-04-01
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Charles Lamont
- Collection
- Ma and Pa Kettle Collection
Casting
- Marjorie Main — Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
- Percy Kilbride — Frank 'Pa' Kettle
- Richard Long — Tom Kettle
- Meg Randall — Kim Parker
- Patricia Alphin — Secretary
- Esther Dale — Mrs. Birdie Hicks
- Barry Kelley — Mr. Victor Tomkins
- Harry Antrim — Mayor Dwiggins
- Isabel O'Madigan — Mrs. Hicks' Mother
- Ida Moore — Emily
- Emory Parnell — Bill Reed
- Boyd Davis — Mr. Simpson
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