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Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
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Jul 11, 1952
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Universal International Pictures
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Cast
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Marjorie Main
Ma Kettle
P
Percy Kilbride
Pa Kettle
J
James Best
Marvin Johnson
L
Lori Nelson
Rosie Kettle
E
Esther Dale
Birdie Hicks
E
Emory Parnell
Billy Reed
O
Oliver Blake
Geoduck
R
Russell Simpson
Clem Johnson
R
Rex Lease
Sheriff
S
Sara Taft
Gossip (uncredited)
J
Jackie Jackson
Henry Kettle (uncredited)
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