The Mating Game
6.9
“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.
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Cast
27 people
Debbie Reynolds
Mariette Larkin
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
Charlotte's Web
Bill Walker
Servant at Burnshaw Home
Tony Randall
Lorenzo Charlton
Known for
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
The Odd Couple
Paul Douglas
Pop Larkin
Known for
Panic in the Streets
Clash by Night
Fred Clark
Oliver Kelsey
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
A Place in the Sun
Una Merkel
Ma Larkin
Known for
The Parent Trap
The Bank Dick
Philip Ober
Wendell Burnshaw
Known for
North by Northwest
From Here to Eternity
Philip Coolidge
Reverend Osgood
Known for
North by Northwest
The Tingler
Charles Lane
Bigelow
Known for
The Aristocats
Sybil
Trevor Bardette
Chief Guthrie
Known for
Gun Crazy
The Monolith Monsters
William Smith
Barney
Known for
Conan the Barbarian
Maniac Cop
Addison Powell
DeGroot
Known for
Three Days of the Condor
The Thomas Crown Affair
George Marshall Director · William Roberts Screenplay H. E. Bates Author
Worldwide gross $3.9M · Budget $867K · United States release April 29, 1959
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Budget
$867,000
Worldwide gross
$3,925,000
Gross vs. budget
4.5×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 29, 1959
Theatrical
France
March 18, 1960 · Theatrical
Germany
October 23, 1959 · Theatrical
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