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The Mating Game

An uptight IRS agent is ordered to investigate a rural family in debt to the government...but the family - including lovely daughter Mariette - help him loosen up.

Director

George Marshall

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

3 nominations

Mariette Larkin

Debbie Reynolds

Lorenzo Charlton

Pop Larkin

Oliver Kelsey

Ma Larkin

Wendell Burnshaw

Rev. Osgood

Philip Coolidge

Inspector General Bigelow

Chief Guthrie

Trevor Bardette

Barney

DeGroot

Lee Larkin

Grant Larkin

Victoria Larkin

Susan Larkin

Party Guest

Townsman

Townsman

Party Guest

Townsman

Franklyn Farnum

Secretary

Party Guest

Official

Joseph J. Greene

Party Guest

Party Guest

Fleeing Office Worker

Sherm

Party Guest

Virgil Johansen

Townsman

Carl M. Leviness

Arbuthnot

Guard

Brigadier

Party Guest

Party Guest

Carlyle Mitchell

Townsman Running from Fire

Middle-Aged Man

Office Worker

Guard

Ogelthorpe

Servant

Marshall

Luisa

Camille Williams

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Perfect Ma just perfect - The Mating Game

Perfect Ma just perfect

Ah Maryland, my Maryland! - The Mating Game

Ah Maryland, my Maryland!

And how about that one there? - The Mating Game

And how about that one there?

My, that pig surely has a pair of lungs! - The Mating Game

My, that pig surely has a pair of lungs!

Careful now a boar's a dangerous animal Especally in the mating season - The Mating Game

Careful now a boar's a dangerous animal Especally in...

Besides we didn't hurt the pig any We're taking him back as good as new better - The Mating Game

Besides we didn't hurt the pig any We're taking...

Why does he have to be so ornery - The Mating Game

Why does he have to be so ornery

Howdy doodle do Luisa My you're looking bright eyed and bushy tailed - The Mating Game

Howdy doodle do Luisa My you're looking bright eyed and...

Wendell what can I do I am a tax lawyer - The Mating Game

Wendell what can I do I am a tax lawyer

And then some when you dance gentlemen you pay the piper - The Mating Game

And then some when you dance gentlemen you pay the piper

What's the matter with you, young woman? - The Mating Game

What's the matter with you, young woman?

Crazy lot of people around here - The Mating Game

Crazy lot of people around here

Hey, Pop, how come everytime
Mariette goes out riding... - The Mating Game

Hey, Pop, how come everytime Mariette goes out riding...

Sure knows how to get
them lathered up, don't she? - The Mating Game

Sure knows how to get them lathered up, don't she?

Poppy Huh - The Mating Game

Mariette is a good girl so we got nothing to worry about so far - The Mating Game

Mariette is a good girl so we got nothing to worry about so...

- Howdy Mr.
- Hi. - The Mating Game

- Howdy Mr. - Hi.

Mariette you go change your clothes A girl like you wearing pants - The Mating Game

Mariette you go change your clothes A girl like you wearing...

Mr Larkin may I have your attention - The Mating Game

Mr Larkin may I have your attention

Mr Larkin not only have you never once paid any income tax - The Mating Game

Mr Larkin not only have you never once paid any income tax

Mr Larkin everyone who has a gross annual income ofr 600 or more - The Mating Game

Mr Larkin everyone who has a gross annual income ofr 600 or...

No offense but you look downright seedy - The Mating Game

No offense but you look downright seedy

Mr Larkin just now out in the yard - The Mating Game

Mr Larkin just now out in the yard

Thank you Lord for everything - The Mating Game

Thank you Lord for everything

Do unto others and they'll do unto you - The Mating Game

Do unto others and they'll do unto you

Honey that kind of fish don't jump into your lap - The Mating Game

Honey that kind of fish don't jump into your lap

When a taxpayer shortchanges the Government - The Mating Game

When a taxpayer shortchanges the Government

Now then, let's see if
we've got this right. - The Mating Game

Now then, let's see if we've got this right.

What was that again? - The Mating Game

What was that again?

Wow! - The Mating Game

You still at it - The Mating Game

You still at it

How's it coming? - The Mating Game

How's it coming?

It's not too tight, is it? - The Mating Game

It's not too tight, is it?

All right. You have a tax deduction of $500. - The Mating Game

All right. You have a tax deduction of $500.

- Charlie,
- Come on, leave it alone. - The Mating Game

- Charlie, - Come on, leave it alone.

Charlie! - The Mating Game

Mariette... Mariette. - The Mating Game

Mariette... Mariette.

Charlie! Charlie! - The Mating Game

Charlie! Charlie!

Got it! - The Mating Game

Very carefully. - The Mating Game

Very carefully.

My pig A perfectly normal pig till the Larkins got hold of him - The Mating Game

My pig A perfectly normal pig till the Larkins got hold of...

Good morning How's my loving little revenuer - The Mating Game

Good morning How's my loving little revenuer

Hello! - The Mating Game

Now now now Charlie Don't act like a tax collector - The Mating Game

Now now now Charlie Don't act like a tax collector

Only time you act like a human is when you're drunk - The Mating Game

Only time you act like a human is when you're drunk

Pop Not in front of the Reverend - The Mating Game

Pop Not in front of the Reverend

Hey Sugar What's the good words - The Mating Game

Hey Sugar What's the good words

You were born suspicious - The Mating Game

You were born suspicious

Let me tell you a little secret about women - The Mating Game

Let me tell you a little secret about women

What do you mean
you don't trust yourselve? - The Mating Game

What do you mean you don't trust yourselve?

Oh, I'd rather not say. - The Mating Game

Oh, I'd rather not say.

One look and I can size a person up - The Mating Game

One look and I can size a person up

All right, come on, come on
get out of here, you'll suffocate. - The Mating Game

All right, come on, come on get out of here, you'll suf...

Here, Grant, take this!
You know help yourselve. - The Mating Game

Here, Grant, take this! You know help yourselve.

- Hate to do this to you, Pop!
- I have to fix that board. - The Mating Game

- Hate to do this to you, Pop! - I have to fix that board.

- Help! Help! Get him off me!
- Sir! Help me! Get me out of here. - The Mating Game

- Help! Help! Get him off me! - Sir! Help me! Get me out of ...

- Not me mom, him! - The Mating Game

- Not me mom, him!

You see the way Ma and I figure a man who spends his time hoarding money - The Mating Game

You see the way Ma and I figure a man who spends his time...

I trust Charlie's figures from here to Hackensack - The Mating Game

I trust Charlie's figures from here to Hackensack

Mariette! - The Mating Game

Stop that.., follow that girl! - The Mating Game

Stop that.., follow that girl!

Mariette Larkin,
You really fixed yourself this time! - The Mating Game

Mariette Larkin, You really fixed yourself this time!

Hello? - The Mating Game

Take her to the FBI - The Mating Game

Take her to the FBI

Oh He's like that Ask him for the loan of a shotgun - The Mating Game

Oh He's like that Ask him for the loan of a shotgun

Hey, Pop!, there some kind of
parade coming. - The Mating Game

Hey, Pop!, there some kind of parade coming.

Just as I always say, Ma
Do unto others, and they'll do unto you. - The Mating Game

Just as I always say, Ma Do unto others, and they'll do...

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An uptight IRS agent is ordered to investigate a rural family in debt to the government...but the family - including lovely daughter Mariette - help him loosen up.

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Director: George Marshall

Writer: William Roberts, H.E. Bates

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1959

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 02 Oct 1959

Awards: 3 nominations

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