Just like when Ma and Pa went to town (New York that is), they attract trouble, and instead of being bank robbers, they are spies. I should have known better to have trusted a woman with black hair and blonde roots, Ma declares after realizing the predicament she's in. Ma also has trouble with the cities most famous attraction, referring to it as the Eefel Tower. And when she's not trying to bust up a spy ring, its an Apache Dance act. Ray Collins and Barbara Brown return as the Kettles' upper- crust in-laws. While there are certainly a ton of laughs, its obvious that, like Pa said about being chosen for the army, they were scraping the bottom of the barrel in coming up with fresh ideas. Its easy to see why with plots like this that the later long-running T.V. series "The Beverly Hillbillies" was often accused of ripping it off.
Review of Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
(1952)
O la la! The city of lights welcome two in the dark!
26 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers