The Mating Game
Filmed on location in the haystack!
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
96 min
Release Date
1959-04-29
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
12
Vote Average
5.9
Debbie Reynolds
Mariette Larkin
Tony Randall
Lorenzo Charlton
Paul Douglas
Pop Larkin
Fred Clark
Oliver Kelsey
Una Merkel
Ma Larkin
Philip Ober
Wendell Burnshaw
Philip Coolidge
Reverend Osgood
Charles Lane
Inspector General Bigelow
Trevor Bardette
Chief Guthrie
William Smith
Barney
Addison Powell
David DeGroot
Rickey Murray
Lee Larkin
Donald Losby
Grant Larkin
Cheryl Bailey
Victoria Larkin
Caryl Bailey
Susan Larkin
Robert Carson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gordon Carveth
Townsman (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Townsman (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Party Guest (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Townsman (uncredited)
Warren Frost
Secretary (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph J. Greene
Official (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Fleeing Office Worker (uncredited)
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