The Egg and I

A best seller becomes a best picture !

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 and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.

Comedy Romance

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))

Jimmie Horan

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Polly Bailey

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Jack Curtis

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Ann Kunde

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Bob Perry

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Charles Perry

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Joe Ploski

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Nella Spraugh

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Dorothy Vernon

(Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited))

William Bailey

(Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Vangie Beilby

(Server at Country Dance (Uncredited))

William Desmond

(Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited))

Robert Cherry

(Goon (Uncredited))

Joe Recht

(Goon (Uncredited))

Joe Hiser

(Goon (Uncredited))

Sammy Schultz

(Goon (Uncredited))

Jack Baxley

(Judge (Uncredited))

Carl M. Leviness

(Judge (Uncredited))

Nolan Leary

(Announcer (Uncredited))

Howard M. Mitchell

(Announcer (Uncredited))

Glen Walters

(Townswoman (Uncredited))

Jack Kenny

(Townsman (Uncredited))

Carl Bennett

(Attendant (Uncredited))

Ralph Littlefield

(Photographer (Uncredited))

Jesse Graves

(Porter (Uncredited))

Herbert Heywood

(Mailman (Uncredited))

Beatrice Roberts

(Nurse (Uncredited))