Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Jack Henley
Based on The Egg and I
by Betty MacDonald
Produced by Leonard Goldstein
Starring Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Cinematography George Robinson
Edited by Leonard Weiner
Music by Herman Stein
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • April 20, 1953
Running time
 76 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $2.2 million (US)

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the sixth installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.

Plot

In May 1953, Ma and Pa Kettle are invited, by their daughter-in-law Kim's parents, Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker, to a trip to Paris. Leaving the kids with an Indian babysitter, Ma and Pa head out to France on an airplane. Upon arrival, Pa tries to buy racy postcards, and they get caught into a circle with a famous gang of spies, who want an envelope that is in Pa's possession.

Cast