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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Charles Lamont released in USA on 1 april 1953 with Marjorie Main
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952)
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Add to a movie listMa and Pa Kettle on Vacation is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the fifth installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle franchise starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.
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Ma and Pa Kettle are invited, by their in-law counterparts, Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker,Actors
Marjorie Main
(Ma Kettle)
Percy Kilbride
(Pa Kettle)
Ray Collins
(Jonathan Parker)
Barbara Brown
(Elizabeth Parker)
Sig Ruman
(Cyrus Kraft)
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