Li'l Abner (1959)
A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate because of atomic bomb testing, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry Li'l Abner, and Li'l Abner just wants to go fishing.
Director: Melvin Frank
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Peter Palmer as Li'l Abner Yokum |
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Leslie Parrish as Daisy Mae |
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Stubby Kaye as Marryin' Sam |
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Julie Newmar as Stupefyin' Jones |
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Billie Hayes as Pansy ('Mammy') Yokum |
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Joe E. Marks as Pappy Yokum |
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Stella Stevens as Appassionata Von Climax |
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Bernd Hoffmann as Earthquake McGoon |
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Howard St. John as General Bullmoose |
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Al Nesor as Evil Eye Fleagle |
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Robert Strauss as Romeo Scragg |
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William Lanteau as Available Jones |
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Ted Thurston as Senator Jack S. Phogbound |
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Carmen Alvarez as Moonbeam McSwine |
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Alan Carney as Mayor Dawgmeat |
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Diki Lerner as Lonesome Polecat |
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Valerie Harper as Dogpatch girl |
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Beth Howland as Dogpatch girl |
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Joe Ploski as Hairless Joe |
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Stanley Simmonds as Rasmussen T. Finsdale |
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Jerry Lewis as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy |
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Donna Douglas as Dogpatch Girl |
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Ann Kunde as Dogpatch Woman |
| Writing | Melvin Frank | Writer |
| Directing | Melvin Frank | Director |
| Camera | James Grant | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Glen E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Arthur P. Schmidt | Editor |
| Writing | Johnny Mercer | Lyricist |
| Production | Norman Panama | Producer |
| Sound | Nelson Riddle | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Sound | Joseph J. Lilley | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Norman Panama | Writer |
| Camera | Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Art Direction |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Production | Hal C. Kern | Producer's Assistant |
| Writing | Al Capp | Characters |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alvin Colt | Costume Design |
| Sound | Gene de Paul | Songs |
| Sound | Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | Harold Lewis | Sound Recordist |