The Las Vegas Hillbillys
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The Las Vegas Hillbillys is a 1966 American country music comedy film directed by Arthur C. Pierce and starring Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren.[1] The 1967 sequel film Hillbillys in a Haunted House soon followed with a similar cast.
| The Las Vegas Hillbillys | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Arthur C. Pierce |
| Written by | Larry Jackson |
| Produced by | Larry Jackson |
| Starring | Jayne Mansfield Mamie Van Doren |
| Cinematography | William De Diego |
| Music by | Dean Elliott |
| Distributed by | Woolner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film was featured in an episode of The Canned Film Festival in the summer of 1986.
Plot
Woody Woodrow, a country bumpkin whose family makes and sells moonshine in backwoods Tennessee, inherits a Las Vegas casino and plans to turn it into a country and western bar. The rundown establishment is WAY out of town, but country music is a novelty they figure they can successfully promote.
On the plus side, buxom Boots Malone (Van Doren); who is smarter than she appears; signs on as hostess and business manager. On the minus side, gangsters to whom the previous owners owed a sizeable amount of money keep coming around to collect; backed by huge "enforcer" Richard Kiel.
Woody eventually manages to talk well-known country singers into appearing there; and pays off the debt.
Woody then orders his staff to shower the gangsters with pies on their way out the door.
Cast
- Ferlin Husky as Woody
- Jayne Mansfield as Tawny
- Mamie Van Doren as Boots Malone
- Don Bowman as Jeepers
- Billie Bird as Ma
- Bill Anderson as himself
- Wilma Burgess as herself
- Roy Drusky as himself
- Sonny James as himself
- Duke of Paducah as himself
- Del Reeves as himself
- Connie Smith as herself
- Robert V. Barron as Donald
- Louis Quinn
- Richard Kiel
- John Harmon
- Helen Clark
- Bennett King
- Tony Posey
See also
References
- ^ The Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966), retrieved 2022-11-01
External links
- The Las Vegas Hillbillys at IMDb
- The Las Vegas Hillbillys at AllMovie
- The Las Vegas Hillbillys at the TCM Movie Database
- The Las Vegas Hillbillys at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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