Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Marjorie Main
as Ma Kettle
Percy Kilbride
as Pa Kettle
James Best
as Marvin Johnson
Lori Nelson
as Rosie Kettle
Esther Dale
as Birdie Hicks
Emory Parnell
as Billy Reed
Oliver Blake
as Geoduck
Russell Simpson
as Clem Johnson
Rex Lease
as Sheriff
Sara Taft
as Gossip (uncredited)
Jackie Jackson
as Henry Kettle (uncredited)