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    Hound Dog Man (1959)

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    This 20th Century Fox production was set in the backwoods around 1912 and presented the adventures of young Clint Kinney (16-year-old rock ‘n’ roll singer Fabian in his screen debut) and his kid brother Spud (Dennis Holmes).

    The boys take a great liking to footloose 20-year-old Blackie Scantling (Stuart Whitman) – the ‘hound dog man’ of the title – who just wanders off the road into their farm one day and are in seventh heaven when they are allowed to go on a hunting trip for racoon, catfish and wild turkey with the fun-loving, irresponsible Hound Dog Man.

    But Clint is dismayed to find that Blackie shows interest in Dony Wallace (Carol Lynley). Clint considers women in general, and Nita Stringer (Dodie Stevens) – who has a crush on him – in particular, nothing more than a nuisance.

    When the boys discover their neighbour, Dave Wilson (L.Q. Jones) thrown from a horse with his leg broken, they take him to his home. Everybody tries to help out, but the crusty, alcoholically-inclined doctor, Doc Cole (Edgar Buchanan) announces that Dave’s leg will be all right.

    This gives the neighbours cause for a “bone-setting” party and it is here that the boys discover – during a showdown with local strongman Hog Peyson (Claude Akins) –  that Blackie doesn’t always behave like the hero he should. The time has come for them to lose some of their naivete.

    All accompanied by plenty of singin’ and dancin’ – Fabian sings five rock ‘n’ roll numbers – and a rollicking good barn dance scene, even featuring Grandma Wilson (Jane Darwell) who “hasn’t danced in years”.

    Clint McKinney
    Fabian
    Blackie Scantling
    Stuart Whitman
    Dony Wallace
    Carol Lynley
    Aaron McKinney
    Arthur O’Connell
    Nita Stringer
    Dodie Stevens
    Cora McKinney
    Betty Field
    Fiddling Tom Waller
    Royal Dano
    Susie Bell Payson
    Margo Moore
    Hog Peyson
    Claude Akins
    Doc Cole
    Edgar Buchanan
    Grandma Wilson
    Jane Darwell
    Dave Wilson
    L.Q. Jones
    Amy Waller
    Virginia Gregg
    Spud McKinney
    Dennis Holmes
    Rachel Wilson
    Rachel Stephens

    Director
    Don Siegel

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