Hound-Dog Man (1959)
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A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney (Dennis Holmes) constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother (Betty Field). The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint (pop music's teen heartthrob Fabian), and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling (Stuart Whitman) who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl (Carol Lynley), while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer (Dodie Stevens), and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell (Margo Moore). Not much else happens, but perhaps not much else is needed. This leisurely little film represents the film debut of Fabian, who not unexpectedly sings several songs (some written by another teen idol, Frankie Avalon). Lynley and Whitman would team up again several years later for the much underrated Shock Treatment. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Fabian - Clint
- Stuart Whitman - Blackie Scantling
- Dodie Stevens - Nita Stringer
- Royal Dano - Fiddling Tom Waller
- Claude Akins - Hog Peyson
- Jane Darwell - Grandma Wilson
- Virginia Gregg - Amy Waller
- Rachel Stephens - Rachael Wilson
- Hope Summers - Jewell Crouch
- Carol Lynley - Dony
- Arthur O'Connell - Aaron McKinney
- Betty Field - Cora
- Margo Moore - Sussie Bell
- Edgar Buchanan - Doc Cole
- L.Q. Jones - Dave Wilson
- Dennis Holmes - Spud Kinney
- Jim Beck - Terminus Dooley
- Harry Carter - Sol Fikes
- Director(s):
- Don Siegel
- Writer(s):
- Fred Gipson, Winston Miller
- Producer(s):
- Jerry Wald
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