Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Produced by	Richard Wilson
Written by	Kay Lenard
Starring	Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie
Edited by	Leonard Weiner
Production company	Universal International
Distributed by	Universal International
Release dates	March 10, 1954 (1954-03-10)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Synopsis

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 Elliot 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."^[1]

References

↑ "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 the Internet Movie Database

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

Films directed by Charles Lamont

Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
Sons of Steel (1934)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
False Pretenses (1935)
The Dark Hour (1936)
Below the Deadline (1936)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
August Weekend (1936)
International Crime (1938)
Slander House (1938)
Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Long Shot (1939)
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Verbena Tragica (1939)
Give Us Wings (1940)
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
Don't Get Personal (1942)
Almost Married (1942)
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Mister Big (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Fired Wife (1943)
Top Man (1943)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Salome Where She Danced (1945)
Frontier Gal (1946)
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Bagdad (1949)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Flame of Araby (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Untamed Heiress (1954)
Carolina Cannonball (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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