Hound-Dog Man

Hound-Dog Man

The Fabulous Fabian In His First Motion Picture With That "Blue Denim" Girl!

NR 1959 · 87 min · ★ 4.7 · Comedy, Drama

A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.

Directed by Don Siegel · Written by Fred Gipson

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Fabian Clint McKinney
Betty Field Cora McKinney
Stuart Whitman Blackie Scantling
Arthur O'Connell Aaron McKinney
Royal Dano Fiddling Tom Waller
Carol Lynley Dony Waller
Edgar Buchanan Doc Cole
Jane Darwell Grandma Wilson
Virginia Gregg Amy Waller
Hope Summers Jewell Crouch
Claude Akins Hog Peyson
Dodie Stevens Nita Stringer

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