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
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (43 votes)
Ma and Pa Kettle Collection
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
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
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, 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Betty MacDonald
Fred MacMurray
Bob MacDonald
Marjorie Main
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
Louise Allbritton
Harriet Putnam
Percy Kilbride
Frank 'Pa' Kettle
Richard Long
Tom Kettle
Billy House
Billy Reed
Ida Moore
Emily
Donald MacBride
Mr. Henty
Samuel S. Hinds
Sheriff Drum
Esther Dale
Birdie Hicks
Elisabeth Risdon
Betty's Mother
John Berkes
Geoduck
Victor Potel
Crowbar
Fuzzy Knight
Ed Miller
Dorothy Vaughan
Emmy
Joseph E. Bernard
Asa Pettingrew (Uncredited)
Louis Mason
Bergheimer (Uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Waiter on Train (Uncredited)
George Lloyd
Farmhand Delivering Message (Uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
Albert Kettle (Uncredited)
Kathleen Mackey
Kettle Child (Uncredited)
Hank Bell
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Herman Hack
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Jack Curtis
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
William Bailey
Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited)
William Desmond
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Judge (Uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Announcer (Uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
Announcer (Uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Townsman (Uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Porter (Uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Mailman (Uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
Nurse (Uncredited)