The Road to Nashville
The Road to Nashville | |
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Directed by | Will Zens |
Written by | Will Zens |
Produced by | Robert Patrick Marty Robbins |
Starring | Marty Robbins Connie Smith |
Cinematography | Leif Rise Vilmos Zsigmond |
Edited by | Michael David |
Release date |
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Language | English |
The Road to Nashville is a 1967 American musical film directed by Will Zens and starring Marty Robbins and Connie Smith.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]This is a musical comedy about signing up singers to take part in a country music film.[4] A Hollywood film company sends Colonel Feetlebaum (Doodles Weaver) to Nashville to round up talent to appear. A host of then-current country stars perform their hits.
Cast
[edit]- Marty Robbins as himself
- Connie Smith as herself
- Doodles Weaver as Colonel Feetlebaum
- Richard Arlen as Studio Boss
- Ralph Emery as himself
- Johnny Cash as himself
- June Carter Cash as herself
- Waylon Jennings as himself
- Hank Snow as himself
- Norma Jean as herself
- Webb Pierce as himself
- Kitty Wells as herself
- Johnnie Wright as himself
- Ruby Wright as herself
- Bill Phillips as himself
- Faron Young as himself
- Lefty Frizzell as himself
- Margie Singleton as herself
- Bill Anderson as himself
- Dottie West as herself
- Porter Wagoner as himself
- The Carter Family as Themselves
- The Stoneman Family as Themselves
- The Osborne Brothers as Themselves
References
[edit]- ^ Alain Lacombe (1985). L'écran du rock: 30 ans de cinéma et de rock-music. Lherminier, 1985. ISBN 2862440442.
- ^ Scott Von Doviak (18 September 2015). Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema. McFarland, 2004. ISBN 978-0786482122.
- ^ "The Road to Nashville". Films in Review, Volume 30. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, 1979.
- ^ Barbara J. Pruett, Marty Robbins: Fast Cars and Country Music, page 352-354, Scarecrow Press, 2007
External links
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