The Kettles in the Ozarks is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the ninth installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and introducing Arthur Hunnicutt as Sedge, Pa's brother who lives in the Ozarks, replacing Percy Kilbride as Pa.

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The Kettles in the Ozarks
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Written by	Kay Lenard
Based on	The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Produced by	Richard Wilson
Starring	Marjorie Main Arthur Hunnicutt
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 1956 (1956-04)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.3 million (US)[1]

Plot

With Pa out of the way, Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of bootleggers rent Sedge's barn to manufacture moonshine. With Ma and the kids, the bootleggers get their pay.

Cast

• Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
• Arthur Hunnicutt as Sedgewick Kettle
• Una Merkel as Miss Bedelia Baines
• Ted de Corsia as Professor
• Olive Sturgess as Nancy Kettle
• Richard Eyer as Billy Kettle
• Cheryl Callaway as Suzie Kettle
• Paul Wexler as Reverend Martin

See also

• List of American films of 1956

References

External links

• The Kettles in the Ozarks at IMDb

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