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The Mating Game

The Mating Game

★ 6.4/10•1959•1h 36m•6•Comedy•Romance

Filmed on location in the haystack!

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins has never filed an income tax return. 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.

George Marshall · Director

William Roberts · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 36m
LanguageEN
Release DateApr 29, 1959

Actors

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

Bigelow

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

Chief Guthrie

William Smith

William Smith

Barney

Addison Powell

Addison Powell

DeGroot

Rickey Murray

Lee Larkin

Donald Losby

Grant Larkin

Cheryl Bailey

Victoria Larkin

Caryl Bailey

Susan Larkin

Robert Carson

Party Guest (uncredited)

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