The Egg and I

Plot

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house an... read more

  • Chester Erskine

    Director

  • Betty MacDonald

    Novel

  • Fred F. Finklehoffe

    Writer

  • Chester Erskine

    Writer

  • Milton Krasner

    Director of Photography

  • Russell F. Schoengarth

    Editor

  • Claudette Colbert

    Betty MacDonald

  • Fred MacMurray

    Bob MacDonald

  • Marjorie Main

    Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

  • Louise Allbritton

    Harriet Putnam

  • Percy Kilbride

    Frank 'Pa' Kettle

  • Richard Long

    Tom Kettle

  • Billy House

    Billy Reed

  • Ida Moore

    Emily

  • Donald MacBride

    Mr. Henty

  • Samuel S. Hinds

    Sheriff Drum

  • Esther Dale

    Birdie Hicks

  • Elisabeth Risdon

    Betty's Mother

  • John Berkes

    Geoduck

  • Victor Potel

    Crowbar

  • Fuzzy Knight

    Ed Miller

  • Isabel O'Madigan

    Birdie Hicks's Mother

  • Dorothy Vaughan

    Emmy

  • Joseph E. Bernard

    Asa Pettingrew (Uncredited)

  • Louis Mason

    Bergheimer (Uncredited)

  • Hector V. Sarno

    Burlaga (Uncredited)

  • Sam McDaniel

    Waiter on Train (Uncredited)

  • George Lloyd

    Farmhand Delivering Message (Uncredited)

  • Teddy Infuhr

    Albert Kettle (Uncredited)

  • Colleen Alpaugh

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Diane Graeff

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Judith Bryant

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Diane Florentine

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Robert Beyers

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Kathleen Mackey

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Robert Winans

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Gloria Moore

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • George McDonald

    Kettle Child (Uncredited)

  • Eugene Persson

    Kettle Child (uncredited)

  • John Alban

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Hank Bell

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Earl Bennett

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Chet Brandenburg

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Edgar Caldwell

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Herman Hack

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • George Hoagland

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

  • Runtime

    108 minutes

    Released

    1947-05-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Universal Pictures

    Sound

  • Frank Skinner

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    36 days ago

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