6 Best Emory Parnell Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 10, 2026

Comedy feel good

Emory Parnell was a familiar Hollywood character actor of the 1940s and 50s, appearing in dozens of comedies, dramas, and westerns including the Ma and Pa Kettle series.

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951) 01

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)

IMDb ★ 6.7

The Kettles abandon their modern home to search for uranium back on the family farm.

Two of a Kind (1951) 02

Two of a Kind (1951)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A con woman and a lawyer scheme to pass off a carnival grifter as a wealthy couple's long-lost son.

All the World's a Stooge (1941) 03

All the World's a Stooge (1941)

IMDb ★ 6.8

The Three Stooges pose as children for a millionaire's wife eager to impress her society friends with adopted refugees.

Apache Trail (1942) 04

Apache Trail (1942)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A stagecoach way station manager must defend a valuable shipment from both his outlaw brother and a raiding Apache party.

East Side of Heaven (1939) 05

East Side of Heaven (1939)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A man unexpectedly becomes the proxy father of a baby and gets swept into the child's turbulent family drama.

Unholy Partners (1941) 06

Unholy Partners (1941)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A crusading newsman launches a tabloid in an uneasy fifty-fifty partnership with a dangerous gangster.

Vlad Zakh

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