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List of the best Marjorie Main movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Marjorie Main's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Marjorie Main movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Marjorie Main movies will be at the top of the list. Marjorie Main has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Marjorie Main movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Marjorie Main films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Marjorie Main role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Marjorie Main performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

Items here include everything from Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation to Boy of the Streets.

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Meet Me in St. Louis Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Margaret O'Brien Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 musical film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of an American family living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair ...more

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Rationing Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main Rationing is a 1944 film starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. The screen comedy was directed by Willis Goldbeck.

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It's a Big Country Janet Leigh, Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly It's a Big Country is a 1951 anthology film directed by 6 directors: Clarence Brown, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor, Don Weis, and William A. Wellman.

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Friendly Persuasion Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Dorothy McGuire Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 Civil War film starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton and Phyllis Love. The screenplay was adapted by Michael Wilson ...more

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The Women Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, Rosalind Russell The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's play of the same name, and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane ...more

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The Harvey Girls Judy Garland, Angela Lansbury, Cyd Charisse The Harvey Girls is a 1946 MGM musical film based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's famous Harvey House waitresses. Directed by George Sidney, the ...more

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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone James Whitmore, Marjorie Main Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone is a 1950 comedy/murder mystery film set on board a train. It stars Marjorie Main and James Whitmore. It is based on the short story "Once Upon a Train" by ...more

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The Belle of New York Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Vera-Ellen The Belle of New York is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hollywood musical comedy film set in New York circa 1900 and stars Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Alice Pearce, Marjorie Main and Keenan Wynn, with ...more

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The Egg and I Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Richard Long The Egg and I is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Chester Erskine, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by Betty MacDonald and ...more

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Too Hot to Handle Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon Too Hot to Handle is a 1938 film about a newsreel reporter, the woman he is attracted to, and his fierce competitor, played by Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Walter Pidgeon respectively. Many of ...more

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Dead End Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Claire Trevor Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney. It is notable as ...more

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The Long, Long Trailer Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Desi Arnaz The Long, Long Trailer is a 1954 romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli.

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Bad Bascomb Margaret O'Brien, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main Bad Bascomb is a 1946 western film starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien. The movie was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.

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The Wrong Road Joseph Crehan, Lionel Atwill, Helen Mack The Wrong Road is a 1937 American film directed by James Cruze. The film is now in the public domain.

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Undercurrent Katharine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum, Robert Taylor Undercurrent is a film noir drama directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay was written by Edward Chodorov, based on the novel You Were There by Thelma Strabel. The motion picture features ...more

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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Marjorie Main The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is a 1947 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.

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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Lee Sholem. It is the seventh installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle franchise starring Marjorie Main ...more

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Heaven Can Wait Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn Heaven Can Wait is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay was by Samson Raphaelson based on the play Birthday by Leslie Bush-Fekete. The music score ...more

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Summer Stock Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers Summer Stock, known as If You Feel Like Singing in the UK, is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical made in 1950. The film was directed by Charles Walters and stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly and ...more

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The Bugle Sounds Donna Reed, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone The Bugle Sounds is a 1942 World War II movie starring Wallace Beery as a cavalry sergeant resistant to replacing horses with tanks. The supporting cast includes Marjorie Main, Lewis Stone, ...more

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Dark Command John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Walter Pidgeon Dark Command is a 1940 Western film starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War. Directed by Raoul Walsh from the ...more

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Ma and Pa Kettle Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride Ma and Pa Kettle is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the sequel to the 1947 film version of Betty MacDonald's semi-fictional memoir The Egg and I and the first ...more

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A Woman's Face Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt A Woman's Face is a 1941 film noir drama directed by George Cukor, starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of Anna Holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer, ...more

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The Kettles in the Ozarks Dave O'Brien, Una Merkel, Marjorie Main The Kettles in the Ozarks is a 1956 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont.

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The Captain Is a Lady Charles Coburn, Virginia Grey, Billie Burke The Captain Is a Lady is a 1940 comedy film based on the novel by Louise Forsslund, written by Henry Clark and directed by Robert B. Sinclair.

1 8 0 Meet Me in St. Louis Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Margaret O'Brien Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 musical film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of an American family living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair ...more

2 6 0 Rationing Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main Rationing is a 1944 film starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. The screen comedy was directed by Willis Goldbeck.

3 6 0 It's a Big Country Janet Leigh, Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly It's a Big Country is a 1951 anthology film directed by 6 directors: Clarence Brown, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor, Don Weis, and William A. Wellman.

4 9 1 Friendly Persuasion Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Dorothy McGuire Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 Civil War film starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton and Phyllis Love. The screenplay was adapted by Michael Wilson ...more

5 7 1 The Women Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, Rosalind Russell The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's play of the same name, and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane ...more

6 8 2 The Harvey Girls Judy Garland, Angela Lansbury, Cyd Charisse The Harvey Girls is a 1946 MGM musical film based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's famous Harvey House waitresses. Directed by George Sidney, the ...more

7 8 2 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone James Whitmore, Marjorie Main Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone is a 1950 comedy/murder mystery film set on board a train. It stars Marjorie Main and James Whitmore. It is based on the short story "Once Upon a Train" by ...more

8 5 0 The Belle of New York Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Vera-Ellen The Belle of New York is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hollywood musical comedy film set in New York circa 1900 and stars Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Alice Pearce, Marjorie Main and Keenan Wynn, with ...more

9 6 1 The Egg and I Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Richard Long The Egg and I is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Chester Erskine, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by Betty MacDonald and ...more

10 6 2 Too Hot to Handle Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon Too Hot to Handle is a 1938 film about a newsreel reporter, the woman he is attracted to, and his fierce competitor, played by Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Walter Pidgeon respectively. Many of ...more

11 5 1 Dead End Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Claire Trevor Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney. It is notable as ...more

12 5 1 The Long, Long Trailer Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Desi Arnaz The Long, Long Trailer is a 1954 romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli.

13 5 1 Bad Bascomb Margaret O'Brien, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main Bad Bascomb is a 1946 western film starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien. The movie was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.

14 4 0 The Wrong Road Joseph Crehan, Lionel Atwill, Helen Mack The Wrong Road is a 1937 American film directed by James Cruze. The film is now in the public domain.

15 4 0 Undercurrent Katharine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum, Robert Taylor Undercurrent is a film noir drama directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay was written by Edward Chodorov, based on the novel You Were There by Thelma Strabel. The motion picture features ...more

16 4 1 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Marjorie Main The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is a 1947 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.

17 3 0 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Lee Sholem. It is the seventh installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle franchise starring Marjorie Main ...more

18 3 0 Heaven Can Wait Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn Heaven Can Wait is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay was by Samson Raphaelson based on the play Birthday by Leslie Bush-Fekete. The music score ...more

19 3 0 Summer Stock Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers Summer Stock, known as If You Feel Like Singing in the UK, is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical made in 1950. The film was directed by Charles Walters and stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly and ...more

20 4 2 The Bugle Sounds Donna Reed, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone The Bugle Sounds is a 1942 World War II movie starring Wallace Beery as a cavalry sergeant resistant to replacing horses with tanks. The supporting cast includes Marjorie Main, Lewis Stone, ...more

21 3 1 Dark Command John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Walter Pidgeon Dark Command is a 1940 Western film starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War. Directed by Raoul Walsh from the ...more

22 3 1 Ma and Pa Kettle Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride Ma and Pa Kettle is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the sequel to the 1947 film version of Betty MacDonald's semi-fictional memoir The Egg and I and the first ...more

23 3 1 A Woman's Face Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt A Woman's Face is a 1941 film noir drama directed by George Cukor, starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of Anna Holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer, ...more

24 2 0 The Kettles in the Ozarks Dave O'Brien, Una Merkel, Marjorie Main The Kettles in the Ozarks is a 1956 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont.

25 2 0 The Captain Is a Lady Charles Coburn, Virginia Grey, Billie Burke The Captain Is a Lady is a 1940 comedy film based on the novel by Louise Forsslund, written by Henry Clark and directed by Robert B. Sinclair.