The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
73 audience votes
Key crew
- Walter LangDirector
- Oscar Hammerstein IIScreenplay
- Richard RodgersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeanne CrainMargy Frake
- Dana AndrewsPat Gilbert
- Dick HaymesWayne Frake
- Vivian BlaineEmily Edwards
- Charles WinningerAbel Frake
- Fay BainterMelissa Frake
- Donald MeekHippenstahl
- Frank McHughMcGee
- Percy KilbrideDave Miller
- Harry MorganBarker
- Jane NighEleanor
- William MarshallTommy Thomas
Stills
Themes
musicalstate fair