The Mating Game

The Mating Game (1959)

Filmed on location in the haystack!

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1959-04-29
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: George Marshall
star 5.8/10
From 11 Ratings

Summary

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. 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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  • Debbie Reynolds

    as Mariette Larkin
  • Tony Randall

    as Lorenzo Charlton
  • Paul Douglas

    as Pop Larkin
  • Fred Clark

    as Oliver Kelsey
  • Una Merkel

    as Ma Larkin
  • Philip Ober

    as Wendell Burnshaw
  • Philip Coolidge

    as Reverend Osgood
  • Charles Lane

    as Inspector General Bigelow
  • Trevor Bardette

    as Chief Guthrie
  • William Smith

    as Barney
  • Addison Powell

    as David DeGroot
  • Rickey Murray

    as Lee Larkin
  • Donald Losby

    as Grant Larkin
  • Cheryl Bailey

    as Victoria Larkin
  • Caryl Bailey

    as Susan Larkin
  • Robert Carson

    as Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Gordon Carveth

    as Townsman (uncredited)
  • Gene Coogan

    as Townsman (uncredited)
  • Oliver Cross

    as Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Franklyn Farnum

    as Townsman (uncredited)
  • Warren Frost

    as Secretary (uncredited)
  • James Gonzalez

    as Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Joseph J. Greene

    as Official (uncredited)
  • Stuart Hall

    as Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Sam Harris

    as Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Bill Hickman

    as Fleeing Office Worker (uncredited)
Art Arthur Krams Set Decoration
Crew Robert R. Hoag Special Effects
Art Henry Grace Set Decoration
Sound Franklin Milton Recording Supervision
Costume & Make-Up John Truwe Makeup Artist
Art Malcolm Brown Art Direction
Directing Al Jennings Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up William Tuttle Makeup Artist
Art William A. Horning Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Editing John McSweeney Jr. Editor
Production Philip Barry Jr. Producer
Writing William Roberts Screenplay
Writing H. E. Bates Novel
Camera Robert J. Bronner Director of Photography
Sound Jeff Alexander Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Helen Rose Costume Design
Directing George Marshall Director
Crew Loren Janes Stunts

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