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Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Patricia Alphin ... see more see more... , Esther Dale , Barry Kelley , Harry Antrim , Isabel O'Madigan , Ida Moore , Emory Parnell , Boyd Davis , O.Z. Whitehead , Ray Bennett , Alvin Hammer , Lester Allen , Dale Belding , Harry V. Cheshire , Paul Dunn , Diane Florentine , Teddy Infur , Rex Lease , Sam McDaniel , George McDonald , Gene Persson , Melinda Plowman , Dewey Robinson , Ted Stanhope , Harry Tyler , Eddy Waller , Audrey Young , Chief Yowlachie , George Arglen , Margaret Brown , Donna Leary , Beverly Mook , Gloria Moore , Elana Schreiner , Robin Winans , John Wald

The title couple and their enormous brood of bumpkins made their movie debut in the film version of Betty McDonald's humorous book The Egg and I (1947) where they appeared as supporting characters. Au... read more read more...diences found them funny and so the characters got their own long-running series of B movies. Ma and Pa Kettle is the first in that series and centers on the exploits of the impoverished hayseed family after Pa wins a contest by writing a jim-dandy slogan for a tobacco company. The Kettle's prize is a brand new, ultra modern, fully automated home. It's a good thing too, for Ma, Pa and their 15 kids were about to get booted out of their previous wreck of a home. Of course the film is at its funniest when the Kettles are trying to figure out how to operate their fancy new digs. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Charles Lamont

Release Date: April 1, 1949

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