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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948) is a musical comedy film produced by Universal Studios, starring Donald O'Connor. Also featured are Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, (who later reprised essentially the same roles as Ma and Pa Kettle), with Penny Edwards[3] as the perky love interest.

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Directed by	George Sherman
Screenplay by	D.D. Beauchamp
Based on	"The Wonderful Race at Rimrock" by D.D. Beauchamp
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Donald O'Connor Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Leith Stevens
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 1948 (1948-06) (USA)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$454,000.[1] or $460,000[2]

Plot

Donald O'Connor plays Wilbur McMurtry, a traveling salesman who is captured and held hostage by the local authorities in a small town, who wish to compel him to run in the annual foot-race against a rival town. A highlight of the film is his brilliant dance routine, in a barn, to the Al Jolson song, "Me and My Shadow".

Production

In January 1948 Universal announced they would make a film based on the magazine story The Wonderful Race at Rimrock which would be filmed the following month. It reunited Maine and Kilbridge from The Egg and I. Maine was borrowed from MGM.[4][5]

O'Connor has a dance number which involves running up a wall, which later inspired his "Make 'Em Laugh" routine in Singing in the Rain.[6]

References

External links

• Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' at IMDb
• Remembering a Hoofer: An Interview with Donald O'Connor

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