The Mating Game

The Mating Game

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1959-04-29
Duration:96 min
Director:George Marshall
Actors:Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

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