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Hank Williams is making a buck pitching a snake-oil cure-all to the gullible, capping his spiel by picking up his guitar and singing. In the crowd is The Drifting Cowboys, a group of touring country-western musicians who happen to be passing through. Say, Hank, would you like to join our group?
Memphis-born George Hamilton is winningly natural as Williams in the musical biopic of the short-lived but forever influential "Hillbilly Shakespeare." It's a deeply felt, lived-in story, made with the assistance of his widow Audrey and featuring timeless songs (Long Gone Lonesome Blues, I Can't Help It and Hey, Good Lookin' among them) lip-synched by Hamilton but sung by another C&W great: Hank Williams, Jr.
Original Release
11/04/1964
US Release
11/04/1964
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Hamilton | Hank Williams |
Susan Oliver | Audrey Williams |
Red Buttons | Shorty Younger |
Arthur O'Connell | Fred Rose |
Shary Marshall | Ann Younger |
Rex Ingram | Teetot |
Chris Crosby | Sam Priddy |
Rex Holman | Charley Bybee |
Hortense Petra | Wilma, the Cashier |
Roy Engel | Joe Rauch |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Hamilton | Hank Williams |
Susan Oliver | Audrey Williams |
Red Buttons | Shorty Younger |
Arthur O'Connell | Fred Rose |
Shary Marshall | Ann Younger |
Rex Ingram | Teetot |
Chris Crosby | Sam Priddy |
Rex Holman | Charley Bybee |
Hortense Petra | Wilma, the Cashier |
Roy Engel | Joe Rauch |
Donald Losby | Young Hank Williams |
Kevin Tate | Boy Fishing |
John Alban | Theatre Patron |
David Armstrong | Spectator |
Phil Arnold | Pie Eating Contest Barker |
Larry Barton | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Harold Belfer | Dancer |
Charles Alvin Bell | Manager |
Willie Bloom | Townsman |
Pat Bradley | Director |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sam Katzman | Producer |