The Mating Game

The Mating Game

Filmed on location in the haystack!

1959•1h 36m•6.2/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(13)

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate the income from the farm, but it isn't easy to calculate when the farmer has such a lovely daughter.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds

Mariette Larkin

Tony Randall

Tony Randall

Lorenzo Charlton

Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas

Pop Larkin

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Oliver Kelsey

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Ma Larkin

Philip Ober

Philip Ober

Wendell Burnshaw

Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge

Reverend Osgood

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Inspector General Bigelow

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

Chief Guthrie

William Smith

William Smith

Barney

Addison Powell

Addison Powell

David DeGroot

Rickey Murray

Lee Larkin

Donald Losby

Grant Larkin

Cheryl Bailey

Victoria Larkin

Caryl Bailey

Susan Larkin

Robert Carson

Party Guest (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth

Townsman (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

Gene Coogan

Townsman (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Party Guest (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Townsman (uncredited)

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