Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
	Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Written by	Kay Lenard
Based on	The Egg and I; by Betty MacDonald
Produced by	Richard Wilson
Starring	Marjorie Main; Percy Kilbride
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie
Edited by	Leonard Weiner
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 10, 1954;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.75 million (US and Canada rental)

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home is a 1954 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the sixth, and also most successful, installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.

Plot[]

In December 1953, Ma and Pa head out again to their "old place" after they read their son's contest letter stating that two judges of National Magazine will evaluate the farm for the scholarship contest.

Cast[]

Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle
Alan Mowbray as Mannering
Alice Kelley as Sally Maddocks
Brett Halsey as Elwin Kettle
Ross Elliott as Pete Crosby
Mary Wickes as Miss Wetter
Oliver Blake as Geoduck
as Crowbar
Emory Parnell as Billy Reed
Irving Bacon as Mr. Maddocks
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Maddocks
Richard Eyer as Billy Kettle

Release[]

Critical response[]

Film critic Leonard Maltin considers Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as "the best entry in the Ma and Pa Kettle series."^[3]

References[]

^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety. January 5, 1955. p. 59.
^ "3 Majors Thrive on B Pix". Variety. 12 January 1955. p. 5.
^ "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) - Overview - TCM.com". TCM.com. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

External links[]

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home at IMDb
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety. January 5, 1955. p. 59.

[2] "3 Majors Thrive on B Pix". Variety. 12 January 1955. p. 5.

[TCM-3] "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) - Overview - TCM.com". TCM.com. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

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v t Ma and Pa Kettle
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride
Films	The Egg and I Ma and Pa Kettle Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation Ma and Pa Kettle at Home Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki The Kettles in the Ozarks The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
Related media	The Egg and I (book) Maw & Paw (cartoon)
Settings	Kettle Farm Cape Flattery