Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (VHS)

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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (VHS)

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.

• Rated: Not Rated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Format: Black & White
• Languages: English
• Subtitles: English

“… corn right off the cob; fresh, tasty, and delightful.”

When the Kettles do the town, it’s done for! Once again, those loveable hillbillies Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) hit the jackpot. In their last film, Pa won a modern home. This time, it’s a trip to New York City. Ready ‘n’ rarin’ to go, they seek a babysitter for their 15 kids and come up with Mike (Charles McGraw), a mobster in search of a hideout who claims to be a poet in need of solitude. The Kettles agree to deliver an empty bag to Mike’s “brother” in New York… it contains $100,000 in loot! With mobsters trailing Pa and police trailing the mobsters, the excitement reaches new heights of hilarity. Meanwhile, back on the farm, mobster Mike discovers that life in the slammer is paradise compared to a day with the Kettle kids!

In this highly entertaining story, the Kettles are in fine form as they encounter and react to life in the big city. Whether it’s Ma creating havoc at a swank beauty salon or Pa upsetting animals at the zoo, they make their hilarious mark, and New York will never be the same.

1949 Universal Pictures