Ma and Pa Kettle

1949 · 76 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 1,547 VOTES · DIR. Charles Lamont

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Overview

The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries Tom Kettle.

Dialogue Timeline — 954 lines

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00:01:22 Mr Simpson has the floor. Continue.
00:03:54 Oh, don't get much time for readin' with 14 kids to take care of.
00:06:45 Might take some dynamite out there.
00:10:05 - Ouch! - Ow!
00:13:15 - Congratulations again, Pa. - Let me see that telegram.
00:16:10 Oh. Lemon or cream?
00:18:26 You sound like you were quite a spoilt child.
00:20:47 How've you two been anyway? How's your back, Pa?
00:23:51 - Well, uh... - Can't rightly say. Haven't been in it yet.
00:26:52 and cruises to a place on a peak in modern aviation.
00:29:50 Uh, uh, that one's, uh, Henry...
00:34:09 - I'll be darned if I'm gonna weaken. - Now, Ma...
00:38:25 What's the matter, Pa? Aren't you going to get undressed and go to bed?
00:41:41 # The opposite gals with a pigeon wing
00:45:00 Used to be Tom's. Guess it'll fit Henry now.
00:47:59 this is as good a time as any to elect a chairman for our county fair next month.
00:50:56 Oh, it was a lot different then.
00:54:22 Rub his face with oil now and then and keep him cool.
00:57:30 - Do you have your tickets? - Yep.
01:00:43 in the bathroom under that fancy new sunlamp.
01:03:36 - I don't like the looks of this, Mayor. - No need to worry.
01:06:24 - until I get a telegram from Miss Parker. - What's she got to do with it?
01:09:12 To all of us. Oh, his faults were many...
05:00:00 to finance its further development?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed954
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:01:22
Final line05:00:00

Production Record

DirectorCharles Lamont
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,547