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About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 1, 1949
Director
Producer
Music
Milton Schwarzwald
Studio
Universal International Pictures
Ma and Pa Kettle Collection
Ma and Pa Kettle have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of ramshackle children. When the future comes a-callin' in the form of modern houses, exotic locales and newfangled ideas, Ma...
Cast
Full credits →M
Marjorie Main
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
P
Percy Kilbride
Frank 'Pa' Kettle
R
Richard Long
Tom Kettle
M
Meg Randall
Kim Parker
P
Patricia Alphin
Secretary
E
Esther Dale
Mrs. Birdie Hicks
B
Barry Kelley
Mr. Victor Tomkins
H
Harry Antrim
Mayor Dwiggins
I
Isabel O'Madigan
Mrs. Hicks' Mother
I
Ida Moore
Emily
E
Emory Parnell
Bill Reed
B
Boyd Davis
Mr. Simpson
O
O.Z. Whitehead
Mr. Billings
R
Ray Bennett
Sam Rogers
A
Alvin Hammer
Alvin
