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65% Critic Match
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
“It's all NEW! It's all FUN!”
6.5 / 10• 1952• 1h 18m•NR• English
ComedyAdventure
Storyline
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Cast & Crew
Marjorie Main
Ma Kettle
Lead
Percy Kilbride
Pa Kettle
James Best
Marvin Johnson
Lori Nelson
Rosie Kettle
Esther Dale
Birdie Hicks
Emory Parnell
Billy Reed
Oliver Blake
Geoduck
Russell Simpson
Clem Johnson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Barton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
