Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main

On their wedding night Bob informs his new bride Betty that he has bought a chicken farm. An abandoned chicken farm, to be exact, which is obvious when the two move in. Betty endures Bob's enthusiasm ...( read more  read more... )for the rural life, rustic inconveniences, and battling nature, but her patience is severely tested when glamorous neighbor Harriet Putnam seems to set her sights on Bob. The book on which this film was based was a phenomenal bestseller by Betty MacDonald in the mid-forties, and was written based on her own experiences as a young wife, living on a chicken farm in the Pacific Northwest. "The Egg and I" later spawned off into what we now know as the "Ma and Pa Kettle" movies!

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Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Chester Erskine

Release Date: March 21, 1947

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  • July 12, 2007
    i loved it, okay, so leave me alone...it does have claudette colbert in it, so come on...!
  • July 2, 2008
    Hilarious. Ma and Pa Kettle are one of the great comic parings of the golden age of cinema.
  • April 3, 2008
    Cute movie. Funny and sweet. Love Claudette Colbert. She was good in comical roles as well as drama.
  • February 22, 2008
    Very good movie. It set off the popular "Ma & Pa Kettle" series, but this movie more than stands by itself.
  • November 13, 2007
    Very Funny Comedy Clasic !
  • August 2, 2007
    Sad no poster )-: Funny movie!
  • July 29, 2007
    Reminds me of my grandparents (moved from Chicago to a small farm in Michigan and knew nothing about farming...)

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  • DaGreeksWife
    March 5, 2007
    dizzychick2,
    Though you seem to think you are so to expedient to give such an opinion.... you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about! Have you even seen it? My guess is no.... so I suggest that unless you have something meaningful to add to the comments of a movie.... just keep your filthy and ignorant mouth/opinions to yourself!!
  • dizzychick2
    January 19, 2007
    a film called the egg and I?
    god, what the fuck were the producers smoking when they came up with that load of crap.

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  • 'Can't even get decent food. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup.' Is a quote from which 1990 film? (The speaker of this quote entered the Witness Protection Program.)  Answer »
  • 'Can't even get decent food. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup.' -- 1990 (Hint: The speaker of this quote entered the Witness Protection Program.)  Answer »
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  • Veteran actress Marjorie Main was nomated for an Oscar for which one of these films  Answer »

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