When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
Marjorie Main
as Ma Kettle
Percy Kilbride
as Pa Kettle
Richard Long
as Tom Kettle
Meg Randall
as Kim Parker Kettle
Gregg Martell
as Louie
Charles McGraw
as Shotgun Mike Munger
Kathryn Givney
as Mrs. Victoria Masterson
Jim Backus
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Elliott Lewis
as Detective Sam Boxer
Paul McVey
as Harold Masterson
Bert Freed
as Dutch (Third New York Henchman)
Hal March
as Detective Mike Eskow