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
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 10, 1954 (1954-03-10)
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.

Synopsis

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
• Stan Ross 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."

External links

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