Li'l Abner (1959)
114 min
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.
- Release date
- December 11, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Leslie Parrish as Daisy Mae Scragg
- Stubby Kaye as Marryin' Sam
- Peter Palmer as Li'l Abner Yokum
- Howard St. John as General Bullmoose
- Julie Newmar as Stupefyin' Jones
- Stella Stevens as Appassionata Von Climax
- Billie Hayes as Pansy ('Mammy') Yokum
- Joe E. Marks as Pappy Yokum
- Bern Hoffman as Earthquake McGoon
- Al Nesor as Evil Eye Fleagle
Crew
- Melvin Frank · Director
- Norman Panama · Writer
- Melvin Frank · Writer
- Al Capp · Writer
- Norman Panama · Producer
- Joseph J. Lilley · Composer
- Nelson Riddle · Composer
- Daniel L. Fapp · Cinematographer
- Arthur P. Schmidt · Editor
- Edward R. Morse · Casting director