Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
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| Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar | |
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| Directed by | Victor Duncan |
| Written by | Seymour D. Rothman |
| Starring | Arnold Stang Pamela Hayes Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall |
| Cinematography | Gary Galbraith |
| Edited by | John Mullen |
| Music by | Audrey Williams |
| Distributed by | Marathon Pictures (USA) Astral Films (Canada) |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Language | English |
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar is a 1965 American comedy film directed by Victor Duncan, and is notable for the reunion of Bowery Boys' actors Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall, who had last appeared in a film together nine years earlier—in Crashing Las Vegas. The film was released on September 15, 1965, by .
Plot[]
Jubal A. Bristol loves country music, but his wife thinks it is beneath her to listen to it. Mrs. Bristol is planning an opera event, but the company that was supposed to play are stranded in New York City. Jubal gathers a large group of country artists to come and play the opera in their place and saves the day.
Cast[]
- Arnold Stang as Jubal A. Bristol
- Pamela Hayes as Mrs. Bristol
- Leo Gorcey as Leo
- Huntz Hall as Huntz
The cast includes a variety of country music guest stars, including Little Jimmy Dickens, Lefty Frizzell, Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys, Dottie West, George Hamilton IV, Pete Drake, Sonny James, Minnie Pearl, Billy Walker, Connie Smith, Johnnie Wright, Kitty Wells, Del Reeves, Faron Young, and Webb Pierce.
Home media[]
The film was released on DVD on February 27, 2007.[1]
Significance[]
This was Gorcey and Hall's first appearance together in a color film, after starring in dozens of black & white films together as "The Dead End Kids", "East Side Kids", and "The Bowery Boys" from the 1930s to the 1950s.
References[]
- ^ "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar DVD". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
External links[]
- Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar at IMDb
- Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar at Rotten Tomatoes
- Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar at the TCM Movie Database
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