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The Egg and I

A best seller becomes a best picture !
Comedy Romance

7 NR1 hour 48 mins

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.

Keywords

farm based on novel or book chicken hillbilly rural setting

Top Cast

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Claudette Colbert

Betty MacDonald

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Fred MacMurray

Bob MacDonald

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Marjorie Main

Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

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Louise Allbritton

Harriet Putnam

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Percy Kilbride

Frank 'Pa' Kettle

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Richard Long

Tom Kettle

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Billy House

Billy Reed

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Ida Moore

Emily

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Donald MacBride

Mr. Henty

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Samuel S. Hinds

Sheriff Drum

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Esther Dale

Birdie Hicks

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Elisabeth Risdon

Betty's Mother

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John Berkes

Geoduck

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Victor Potel

Crowbar

103619

Fuzzy Knight

Ed Miller

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Isabel O'Madigan

Birdie Hicks's Mother

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Dorothy Vaughan

Emmy

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Joseph E. Bernard

Asa Pettingrew (Uncredited)

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Louis Mason

Bergheimer (Uncredited)

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Hector V. Sarno

Burlaga (Uncredited)

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Sam McDaniel

Waiter on Train (Uncredited)

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George Lloyd

Farmhand Delivering Message (Uncredited)

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Teddy Infuhr

Albert Kettle (Uncredited)

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Colleen Alpaugh

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Diane Graeff

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Judith Bryant

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Diane Florentine

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Robert Beyers

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Kathleen Mackey

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Robert Winans

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Gloria Moore

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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George McDonald

Kettle Child (Uncredited)

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Eugene Persson

Kettle Child (uncredited)

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John Alban

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Hank Bell

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Earl Bennett

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Chet Brandenburg

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Edgar Caldwell

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Herman Hack

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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George Hoagland

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Jimmie Horan

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Polly Bailey

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Jack Curtis

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Ann Kunde

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Bob Perry

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Charles Perry

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Joe Ploski

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Nella Spraugh

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Dorothy Vernon

Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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William Bailey

Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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Vangie Beilby

Server at Country Dance (Uncredited)

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William Desmond

Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)

121329

Robert Cherry

Goon (Uncredited)

1297378

Joe Recht

Goon (Uncredited)

1106946

Joe Hiser

Goon (Uncredited)

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Sammy Schultz

Goon (Uncredited)

1271340

Jack Baxley

Judge (Uncredited)

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Carl M. Leviness

Judge (Uncredited)

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Nolan Leary

Announcer (Uncredited)

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Howard M. Mitchell

Announcer (Uncredited)

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Glen Walters

Townswoman (Uncredited)

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Jack Kenny

Townsman (Uncredited)

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Carl Bennett

Attendant (Uncredited)

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Ralph Littlefield

Photographer (Uncredited)

1422389

Jesse Graves

Porter (Uncredited)

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Herbert Heywood

Mailman (Uncredited)

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Beatrice Roberts

Nurse (Uncredited)

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Part of the
Ma and Pa Kettle Collection

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Ma and Pa Kettle at Home Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation Ma and Pa Kettle Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair The Egg and I The Kettles in the Ozarks The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

Ma and Pa Kettle have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of ramshackle children. When the future comes a-callin' in the form of modern houses, exotic locales and newfangled ideas, Ma and Pa must learn how to make the best of it with luck, pluck and a little country charm.

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