Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
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76 min
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.
- Release date
- April 1, 1949
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
- Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle
- Richard Long as Tom Kettle
- Meg Randall as Kim Parker
- Patricia Alphin as Secretary
- Esther Dale as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
- Barry Kelley as Mr. Victor Tomkins
- Harry Antrim as Mayor Dwiggins
- Ida Moore as Emily
- Emory Parnell as Bill Reed
- Boyd Davis as Mr. Simpson
- O.Z. Whitehead as Mr. Billings
- Ray Bennett as Sam Rogers
- Alvin Hammer as Alvin
- Isabel O'Madigan as Mrs. Hicks' Mother
Crew
- Charles Lamont · Director
- Herb Margolis · Writer
- Lou Morheim · Writer
- Al Lewis · Writer
- Betty MacDonald · Writer
- Leonard Goldstein · Producer
- Maury Gertsman · Cinematographer
- Russell F. Schoengarth · Editor