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The Mating Game

Movie·1959·Comedy, Romance·1h 36m·Directed by George Marshall

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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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Debbie ReynoldsDebbie ReynoldsMariette LarkinTony RandallTony RandallLorenzo CharltonPaul DouglasPaul DouglasPop LarkinFred ClarkFred ClarkOliver KelseyUna MerkelUna MerkelMa LarkinPhilip OberPhilip OberWendell BurnshawPhilip CoolidgePhilip CoolidgeReverend OsgoodCharles LaneCharles LaneInspector General Bigelow

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