Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

1953 film

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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Charles Lamont
Written by| Jack Henley
Based on| The Egg and I
by Betty MacDonald
Produced by| Leonard Goldstein
Starring| Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Cinematography| George Robinson
Edited by| Leonard Weiner
Music by| Herman Stein

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* April 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)

Running time

| 76 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Box office| $2.2 million (US)[1]

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the sixth installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.

## Plot

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In May 1953, Ma and Pa Kettle are invited, by their daughter-in-law Kim's parents, Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker, to a trip to Paris. Leaving the kids with an Indian babysitter, Ma and Pa head out to France on an airplane. Upon arrival, Pa tries to buy racy postcards, and they get caught into a circle with a famous gang of spies, who want an envelope that is in Pa's possession.[2]

## Cast

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* Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
* Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle
* Ray Collins as Jonathan Parker
* Barbara Brown as Elizabeth Parker
* Bodil Miller as Inez Kraft
* Sig Ruman as Cyrus Kraft
* Oliver Blake as Geoduck
* Teddy Hart as Crowbar
* Ivan Triesault as Henri Dupre
* Peter Brocco as Adolf Wade
* Rosario Imperio as Apache Team (Indian babysitter)
* Uncredited players include Alma Lawton,[3][4] Gino Corrado, Jean De Briac, Lawrence Dobkin, John Eldredge and Franklyn Farnum.

## References

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1. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
2. ^ {https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0046020/ }, Retrieved July 24, 2022.
3. ^ Schallert, Edwin (August 7, 1952). "James Craig Will Star in 'Royal Mounted;' Deal Closed for 'Marauders' Player Complement Complete for 'Rachel'". Los Angeles Times. Pt. 3, p. 9\. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
4. ^ "Alma Lawton filmography". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

## External links

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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation at IMDb

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Ma and Pa Kettle

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* 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

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Films directed by Charles Lamont

* Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
* Sons of Steel (1934)
* The Curtain Falls (1934)
* A Shot in the Dark (1935)
* False Pretenses (1935)
* One Run Elmer (1935)
* The Dark Hour (1936)
* Below the Deadline (1936)
* Bulldog Edition (1936)
* August Weekend (1936)
* Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
* International Crime (1938)
* Slander House (1938)
* Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
* Cipher Bureau (1938)
* Long Shot (1939)
* Pride of the Navy (1939)
* Verbena Tragica (1939)
* Little Accident (1939)
* Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
* Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
* Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
* Give Us Wings (1940)
* San Antonio Rose (1941)
* Road Agent (1941)
* Sing Another Chorus (1941)
* Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
* Melody Lane (1941)
* Don't Get Personal (1942)
* Almost Married (1942)
* You're Telling Me (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)
* Her Primitive Man (1944)
* The Merry Monahans (1944)
* Bowery to Broadway (1944)
* Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
* That's the Spirit (1945)
* Frontier Gal (1946)
* The Runaround (1946)
* Slave Girl (1947)
* The Untamed Breed (1948)
* 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)
* Ricochet Romance (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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