When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
Cast
Marjorie Main
Ma Kettle
Percy Kilbride
Pa Kettle
Richard Long
Tom Kettle
Meg Randall
Kim Parker Kettle
Gregg Martell
Louie
Charles McGraw
Shotgun Mike Munger
Kathryn Givney
Mrs. Victoria Masterson
Jim Backus
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Elliott Lewis
Detective Sam Boxer
Paul McVey
Harold Masterson
Bert Freed
Dutch (Third New York Henchman)
Hal March
Detective Mike Eskow
Lester Allen
Geoduck (uncredited)
Leon Belasco
Beauty Salon Manager (uncredited)
Dale Belding
Danny Kettle (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Tour Bus Guide (uncredited)
Margaret Brown
Ruthie Kettle (uncredited)
George Calliga
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
Lynn Craft
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Paul Dunn
George Kettle (uncredited)
Diane Florentine
Sara Kettle (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Party Guest (uncredited)
Maurice Gosfield
New York Tour Ticket Seller (uncredited)
George Hoagland
Party Guest (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
Benjamin Kettle (uncredited)
Jackie Jackson
Henry Kettle (uncredited)
Sherry Jackson
Susie Kettle (uncredited)
John James
Roberts (Masterson's Chauffeur) (uncredited)
Larry Keating
Lt. Klein (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy
George Donahue (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
First Cab Driver (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Counterman (uncredited)
Donna Leary
Sally Kettle (uncredited)
Rex Lease
Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
Peter Leeds
Tall Beautician (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Marley
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
Beverly Mook
Eve Kettle (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
William Newell
Horace "Hank" Hawkshaw (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Delivery Man (uncredited)
Eugene Persson
Willie Kettle (uncredited)
Elana Schreiner
Nancy Kettle (uncredited)
J.P. Sloane
Billy Kettle (uncredited)
Olan Soule
Salon Technician (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Policeman at Station House (uncredited)
Willard Waterman
J.J. Schumacher (uncredited)
James Westerfield
Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited)
Chief Yowlachie
Crowbar (uncredited)
Crew
Charles Lamont
Director
Martin Ragaway
Screenplay
Leonard B. Stern
Screenplay
Russell F. Schoengarth
Editor
Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography
William Holland
Assistant Director
Leonard Goldstein
Producer
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Joe Lapis
Sound
David S. Horsley
Visual Effects
Milton Schwarzwald
Original Music Composer
Oliver Emert
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Tom Ouellette
Gaffer
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Emrich Nicholson
Art Direction
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