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Writers:
Al Lewis (writer)
Betty MacDonald (characters)
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Release Date:
1 April 1949 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's Loaded . . . with new laffs !!! All Your Favorites fresh from "The Egg And I" ! more
Plot:
The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa... more | add synopsis
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Critics: Tim Allen's New Movie Can Use Some Improvement
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The fun side of the "good old days" more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Marjorie Main | ... | Ma Kettle |
| Percy Kilbride | ... | Pa Kettle |
| Richard Long | ... | Tom Kettle |
| Meg Randall | ... | Kim Parker |
| Patricia Alphin | ... | Secretary |
| Esther Dale | ... | Mrs. Birdie Hicks |
| Barry Kelley | ... | Mr. Victor Tomkins |
| Harry Antrim | ... | Mayor Dwiggins |
| Isabel O'Madigan | ... | Mrs. Hicks' Mother |
| Ida Moore | ... | Emily |
| Emory Parnell | ... | Bill Reed |
| Boyd Davis | ... | Mr. Simpson |
| O.Z. Whitehead | ... | Mr. Billings |
| Ray Bennett | ... | Sam Rogers |
 | Alvin Hammer | ... | Alvin |
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Also Known As:
The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
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76 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Second of eight films in which Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride portrayed Ma and Pa Kettle. more
Quotes:
Tom Kettle: Theories are nice, Ma, but not when they break up families and threaten lives. more
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Referenced in "Sanford and Son: Fred's Extra Job (#6.8)" (1976) more
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There is a need for this kind of entertainment in our modern world. You can watch "Ma and Pa" with adults, with your family (kids any age or just by yourself like me. They are gentle, but gentle is so refreshing in a society of kids killing kids, a horrible war, inappropriate prime time television and poverty. We don't even get a hint of where all of those children came from! Give me modern plumbing and I'll gladly become a Kettle. Humor does NOT require offensive language. It is hard to follow conversations in shows where every other word is bleeped. Relax, take your shoes off, and climb in your recliner with a good old-fashioned glass of lemonade, and just breathe easy watching Ma sweeping the chickens off the table at lunch time! Pj