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Summary

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.

Details

Release Date: May 1, 1947

Runtime: 108 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Rating: 7.0/10 (43 votes)


Ma and Pa Kettle Collection

  • Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

    Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

    The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygiencially."

  • Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

    Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

    The Indians try to make a fire in the Kettles fireplace the old fashion way, the smoke signal way. Judges are a comin' to award a child with a scholarship. However, who ever has the nicest looking farm and raises their kids in a good enviroment has a chance of winning.

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

    Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

    Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers from an illness. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.

  • Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

    Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

    The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez and Cyrus Kraft.

  • Ma and Pa Kettle

    Ma and Pa Kettle

    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.

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

    Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

    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.

  • The Egg and I

    The Egg and I

    World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.

  • The Kettles in the Ozarks

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

    Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of bootleggers rent Sedge's barn to manufacture moonshine. With Ma and the kids, the bootleggers get their pay.

  • The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

    The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

    Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.


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Cast

  • Claudette Colbert

    Claudette Colbert

    Betty MacDonald

  • Fred MacMurray

    Fred MacMurray

    Bob MacDonald

  • Marjorie Main

    Marjorie Main

    Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

  • Louise Allbritton

    Louise Allbritton

    Harriet Putnam

  • Percy Kilbride

    Percy Kilbride

    Frank 'Pa' Kettle

  • Richard Long

    Richard Long

    Tom Kettle

  • Billy House

    Billy House

    Billy Reed

  • Ida Moore

    Ida Moore

    Emily

  • Donald MacBride

    Donald MacBride

    Mr. Henty

  • Samuel S. Hinds

    Samuel S. Hinds

    Sheriff Drum

  • Esther Dale

    Esther Dale

    Birdie Hicks

  • Elisabeth Risdon

    Elisabeth Risdon

    Betty's Mother

  • John Berkes

    John Berkes

    Geoduck

  • Victor Potel

    Victor Potel

    Crowbar

  • Fuzzy Knight

    Fuzzy Knight

    Ed Miller

  • Dorothy Vaughan

    Dorothy Vaughan

    Emmy

  • Joseph E. Bernard

    Joseph E. Bernard

    Asa Pettingrew (Uncredited)

  • Louis Mason

    Louis Mason

    Bergheimer (Uncredited)

  • Sam McDaniel

    Sam McDaniel

    Waiter on Train (Uncredited)

  • George Lloyd

    George Lloyd

    Farmhand Delivering Message (Uncredited)

  • Teddy Infuhr

    Teddy Infuhr

    Albert Kettle (Uncredited)

  • Kathleen Mackey

    Kathleen Mackey

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Hank Bell

    Hank Bell

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Chet Brandenburg

    Chet Brandenburg

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Herman Hack

    Herman Hack

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Frank O'Connor

    Frank O'Connor

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Jack Curtis

    Jack Curtis

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Dorothy Vernon

    Dorothy Vernon

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • William Bailey

    William Bailey

    Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • William Desmond

    William Desmond

    Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Carl M. Leviness

    Carl M. Leviness

    Judge (Uncredited)

  • Nolan Leary

    Nolan Leary

    Announcer (Uncredited)

  • Howard M. Mitchell

    Howard M. Mitchell

    Announcer (Uncredited)

  • Jack Kenny

    Jack Kenny

    Townsman (Uncredited)

  • Jesse Graves

    Jesse Graves

    Porter (Uncredited)

  • Herbert Heywood

    Herbert Heywood

    Mailman (Uncredited)

  • Beatrice Roberts

    Beatrice Roberts

    Nurse (Uncredited)