The Kettles in the Ozarks is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont

Charles Lamont

Charles Lamont was a prolific film director of over 200 titles, and the producer and writer of many others. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and died in Los Angeles, California, USA.-Career:...

 and starring Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main was an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies.-Early life and career:...

 as Ma Kettle and Arthur Hunnicutt

Arthur Hunnicutt

Arthur Lee Hunnicutt was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise, grizzled, old rural characters...

 as Pa Kettle's replacement, Sedgewick Kettle.

Synopsis

Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of bootleggers rent Sedge's barn to manufacture moonshine. With Ma and the kids, the bootleggers get their pay.

Cast

• Marjorie Main
  Marjorie Main
  Marjorie Main was an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies.-Early life and career:...
  
   as Ma Kettle
• Arthur Hunnicutt
  Arthur Hunnicutt
  Arthur Lee Hunnicutt was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise, grizzled, old rural characters...
  
   as Sedgewick Kettle
• Una Merkel
  Una Merkel
  Una Merkel was an American Tony Award-winning stage and film actress.-Life and career:Una Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky, and grew up in Philadelphia and New York City. She bore a resemblance to actress Lillian Gish and began her career as a stand-in for Gish, most notably in the 1928...
  
   as Miss Bedelia Baines
• Ted de Corsia
  Ted de Corsia
  Ted de Corsia was a radio and movie actor.He is probably best remembered for his role as a gangster turned state's evidence in The Enforcer...
  
   as Professor
• Olive Sturgess as Nancy Kettle