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Ma and Pa Kettle

7.3 76 mins Comedy   1949
Universal International Pictures  
Director(s): Charles Lamont

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.

Casts of Ma and Pa Kettle

Marjorie Main

as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

Percy Kilbride

as Frank 'Pa' Kettle

Richard Long

as Tom Kettle

Meg Randall

as Kim Parker

Patricia Alphin

as Secretary

Esther Dale

as Mrs. Birdie Hicks

Barry Kelley

as Mr. Victor Tomkins

Harry Antrim

as Mayor Dwiggins

Isabel O'Madigan

as Mrs. Hicks' Mother

Ida Moore

as Emily

Emory Parnell

as Bill Reed

Boyd Davis

as Mr. Simpson

O.Z. Whitehead

as Mr. Billings

Ray Bennett

as Sam Rogers

Alvin Hammer

as Alvin

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