Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Gregg Martell ... see more  , Charles McGraw , Kathryn Givney , Jim Backus , Elliott Lewis , Paul McVey , Bert Freed , Hal March , Lucille Barkley , Dale Belding , Oliver Blake , Barbara Brown , Edward Clark , Edmund Cobb , Ellen Corby , Esther Dale , Paul Dunn , Diane Florentine , Teddy Hart , Jerry Hausner , Joyce Holden , Teddy Infur , Jack Ingram , Mary Ann Jackson , Sherry Jackson , Rex Lease , Peter Leeds , Emory Parnell , Ann Pearce , Gene Persson , Steve Wayne , Ray Collins , Jackie Jackson , Dee Carroll , Margaret Brown , Donna Leary , Beverly Mook , Elana Schreiner

The second of Universal's "Ma and Pa Kettle" series, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town stars, as ever, Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. This time, the Kettles win a letter-writing contest, which offers as ... read more first prize an all-expense-paid trip to New York City. Once in Manhattan, the huge Kettle brood raises all sorts of Holy Ned, culminating in an episode involving stolen bank money. Somehow this all ends with a riotous, slapstick-laden square dance. The film's romantic subplot is handled by Richard Long as oldest son Tom Kettle and Meg Randall as his high-society wife Kim. Also carried over from the first Kettle entry are Ray Collins and Barbara Brown as the Kettle's wealthy in-laws. A winner at the box-office, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town helped pay for many of Universal's "prestige" releases of 1950. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi