''The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm'' is a 1957 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Virgil Vogel Virgil William Vogel (November 29, 1919 – January 1, 1996) was an American television and film director. His career spanned nearly sixty years, directing episodes of ''Wagon Train'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Big Valley'', and '' Mission: Impossible ...

. It is the tenth and last installment of

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's ''

Ma and Pa Kettle Ma and Pa Kettle are comic film characters of the successful film series of the same name, produced by Universal Studios, in the late 1940s and 1950s. The hillbilly duo had their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of rambunctious child ...

'' series starring

Marjorie Main Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and ...

and introducing

Parker Fennelly Parker W. Fennelly (October 22, 1891 – January 22, 1988) was an American character actor who appeared in ten films, numerous television episodes and hundreds of radio programs. Early life The son of gardener Nathan Fennelly and Estelle Doll ...

as Pa, replacing

Percy Kilbride Percy William Kilbride (July 16, 1888 – December 11, 1964) was an American character actor. He made a career of playing country hicks, most memorably as Pa Kettle in the ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' series of feature films. Early life Kilbride was ...

.It was also Marjorie Main's last movie of any kind.

Plot

Ma and Pa Kettle help Brad Johnson turn his girlfriend Sally into a good farm wife. Wealthy Sally Flemming has fallen in love with an ordinary lumberjack. Worried her father may oppose the marriage, the couple conceal her on the Kettle farm until he can convince her father that he'd be a suitable breadwinner. Ma Kettle decides Flemming needs some heavy-duty lessons on how to be a good farm wife. Only Flemming's sense of humor helps her survive the lessons---which include getting up at 4:30AM; being surrounded by livestock; and mastering the use of non-modern appliances. The wedding does take place in the end.

Cast

as Ma Kettle *

as Pa Kettle *

Gloria Talbott Gloria Talbott (February 7, 1931 – September 19, 2000) was an American film and television actress. Early life and career Gloria Maude Talbott was born in Glendale, California. Her great-grandfather Benjamin F. Patterson arrived from O ...

as Sally Flemming * John Smith as Brad Johnson * George Dunn as George *

Roy Barcroft Roy Barcroft (born Howard Harold Ravenscroft; September 7, 1902 – November 28, 1969) was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. From 1937 to 1957, he appeared in more than 300 films for R ...

as J.P. 'Jim' Flemming *

Claude Akins Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and television. He was best known as Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television series ''B.J. and the Bear'', and l ...

as Pete Logan *

Patricia Morrow Patricia Morrow is a former actress, best known for her portrayal of waif-like Rita Jacks in the primetime soap opera '' Peyton Place'' from 1965 to 1969. Career Acting career Morrow usually appeared on television and made her debut in 1953, w ...

as Bertha (as Pat Morrow) *George Arglen as Henry Kettle *

Ricky Kelman Rickey William Kelman (born July 6, 1950) is a former child and young adult actor who appeared in film and on television from 1954 to 1974. He had supporting roles in two single-season situation comedies, ''The Dennis O'Keefe Show'' (1959-1960) ...

as Elmer *Donald Baker as Abner *Polly Burson as Agnes Logan *Hallene Hill as Granny *Sara Taft as Clarabelle * Harvey B. Dunn as Judge *

Boyd 'Red' Morgan Boyd may refer to: Places Canada * Boyd Conservation Area, a conservation area located northwest of Toronto, Ontario * Boyd Lake (disambiguation) United States * Boyd County (disambiguation) * Boyd, Indiana * Boyd, Iowa * Boyd, Kansas * Boy ...

as Shivaree Man

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* 1957 films 1957 comedy films Ma and Pa Kettle American comedy films Films scored by Henry Mancini Films scored by Herman Stein Films set in Washington (state) Films set in 1957 1950s English-language films Films directed by Virgil W. Vogel 1950s American films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub

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