The Egg and I (1947) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Chester Erskine.

Cast

• Claudette Colbert as Betty MacDonald
• Fred MacMurray as Bob MacDonald
• Marjorie Main as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
• Louise Allbritton as Harriet Putnam
• Percy Kilbride as Frank 'Pa' Kettle
• Richard Long as Tom Kettle
• Billy House as Billy Reed
• Ida Moore as Emily
• Donald MacBride as Mr. Henty
• Samuel S. Hinds as Sheriff Drum
• Esther Dale as Birdie Hicks
• Elisabeth Risdon as Betty's Mother
• John Berkes as Geoduck
• Victor Potel as Crowbar
• Fuzzy Knight as Ed Miller
• Isabel O'Madigan as Birdie Hicks's Mother
• Dorothy Vaughan as Emmy
• Joseph E. Bernard as Asa Pettingrew (Uncredited)
• Louis Mason as Bergheimer (Uncredited)
• Hector V. Sarno as Burlaga (Uncredited)
• Sam McDaniel as Waiter on Train (Uncredited)
• George Lloyd as Farmhand Delivering Message (Uncredited)
• Teddy Infuhr as Albert Kettle (Uncredited)
• Colleen Alpaugh as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Diane Graeff as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Judith Bryant as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Diane Florentine as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Robert Beyers as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Kathleen Mackey as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Robert Winans as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Gloria Moore as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• George McDonald as Kettle Child (Uncredited)
• Eugene Persson as Kettle Child (uncredited)
• John Alban as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
• Hank Bell as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
• Earl Bennett as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
• Chet Brandenburg as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
• Edgar Caldwell as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
• Herman Hack as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
• George Hoagland as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

Crew

• Chester Erskine — Director
• Milton Krasner — Director of Photography
• Betty MacDonald — Novel
• Fred F. Finklehoffe — Writer
• Chester Erskine — Writer
• Frank Skinner — Original Music Composer
• Fred F. Finklehoffe — Producer
• Chester Erskine — Producer

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