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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.

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 Alan Mowbray
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)[1][2]

Plot

The Kettles' son Elwin enters a scholarship contest by submitting a report on farming techniques to a national magazine. The essay claims that his family's own farm is a model of modern efficiency. The magazine's editor, intrigued, insists on visiting the farm himself. Ma and Pa Kettle try to camouflage their ramshackle farm to reflect Elwin's visualization, while trying to keep the fastidious editor from inspecting the premises too closely.

Cast

Production

The role of the magazine's fussy editor was written for character comedian Edward Everett Horton, who agreed to make the film. A last-minute scheduling conflict forced Horton to withdraw, and the role was taken instead by Alan Mowbray.

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."[3]

References

External links

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

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