Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Pa...

Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins, Bodil Miller, Sig Rumann ... see more  , Barbara Brown , Ivan Triesault , Oliver Blake , Teddy Hart , Peter Brocco , Jean De Briac , John Eldredge , Sam Harris , Sherry Jackson , Alice Kelley , Jack Kruschen , Rita Moreno , Jay Novello , Gloria Pall , Ken Terrell , Dave Willock , Hank Worden , Lawrence Dobkin , Jackie Jackson , Richard Long , Eddie LeBaron & His Orchestra , Zachary Yaconelli , George Arglen , Margaret Brown , Billy Clark , Carli Elinor , Jon Gardner , Gary Lee Jackson , Donna Leary , Jenny Linder , Beverly Mook , Elana Schreiner , Ronnie Rondell , Robert E. Scott , Harold Goodwin

This fifth entry in Universal's "Ma and Pa Kettle" series finds the Kettle family taking a trip to Paris (courtesy of the Universal back lot). All the standard "innocents abroad" gags are in attendanc... read more e, including Pa Kettle's (Percy Kilbride) efforts to extinguish a flaming serving of crepes suzettes, and Ma's (Marjorie Main) entanglement with a team of Apache dancers. Somewhere along the way, the Kettles agree to help the American authorities trap a gang of international spies. A running gag finds Pa Kettle trying to purchase a set of postcards depicting "zee beauties of Paree." There's even a throwaway joke about the Marshall Plan! Sharp-eyed viewers will spot Rita Moreno as a nightclub chanteuse in one scene. Of the nine "Kettle" programmers produced by Universal, Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation is arguably the most memorable. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi