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"MA KETTLE'S got a brand new fella...and the ranch is really bustin' out with FUN!"
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.
15 Cast Members
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
Phil Chambers
Mr. Daniels
Charles Watts
Mr. Harvey
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Harvey
