Ricochet Romance

Ricochet Romance

MA KETTLE'S got a brand new fella...and the ranch is really bustin' out with FUN!

1954 · 80 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy, Western

Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring some life back into the place. She also sets her sights on old layabout Chill Wills, scheming to rope the critter into marriage. Veteran comedy director Charles W. Lamont moves the proceedings along with style, never missing an opportunity for a low-comedy slapstick turn. The most surprising aspect of Ricochet Romance is that it is not an entry in Marjorie Main's Ma and Pa Kettle series.

Directed by Charles Lamont · Written by Kay Lenard

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Marjorie Main Pansy Jones
Chill Wills Tom Williams
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Manuel Gonzales
Alfonso Bedoya Alfredo Gonzáles
Lee Aaker Timmy Williams
Rudy Vallee Worthington Higgenmacher
Ruth Hampton Angela Ann Mansfield
Benay Venuta Claire Renard
Rachel Ames Betsy Williams (as Judith Ames)
Darryl Hickman Dave King
Irene Ryan Miss Clay
Philip Tonge Mr. Webster

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