

Love on a Budget
1938-03-04 · 60 min · ★ 8.0
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
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- Directors
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Jed ProutyJohn Jones
Spring ByingtonLouise Jones
Shirley DeaneBonnie Jones Thompson
Russell GleasonHerbert Thompson
Alan DinehartUncle Charles Dixon
Florence RobertsGranny Ida Jones
Kenneth HowellJack Jones
George ErnestRoger Jones
June CarlsonLucy Jones
Billy MahanBobby Jones
Dixie DunbarBetty Fisher
Paul HarveyEmory Fisher
Marvin StephensTommy McGuire
Joyce ComptonMillie Brown
James BlaineTownsman
Heinie ConklinSmall Furniture Mover
Tom DempseyTownsman
Eddie DunnExpressman
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