The Mad Martindales

May 15, 1942

1h 5m

★ 5.0

If you think Jane's goofy... just wait till you meet her folks!!!

Overview

A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Kathy Martindale

Jane Withers

Evelyn Martindale

Marjorie Weaver

Hugo Martindale

Alan Mowbray

Bobby Bruce Turner

Jimmy Lydon

Peter Varney (as Byron Barr)

Gig Young

Julio Rigo

George Reeves

Virgil Hickling

Charles Lane

Grandmother Varney

Kathleen Howard

Wallace Butler

Robert Greig

Smythe Butler

Brandon Hurst

Jan Van Der Venne

Steven Geray

Jefferson Gow

Victor Sen Yung

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