Li'l Abner (1959)
1h 53m
Running Time
December 11, 1959Release Date
Li'l Abner (1959)
1h 53m
Running Time
December 11, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Leslie Parrish
Daisy Mae Scragg
Stubby Kaye
Marryin' Sam
Peter Palmer
Li'l Abner Yokum
Julie Newmar
Stupefyin' Jones
Howard St. John
General Bullmoose
Billie Hayes
Pansy ('Mammy') Yokum
Joe E. Marks
Pappy Yokum
Melvin Frank
Director
Al Capp
Writer
Stella Stevens
Appassionata Von Climax
Bernd Hoffmann
Earthquake McGoon
Norman Panama
Writer
Joseph J. Lilley
Composer
Al Nesor
Evil Eye Fleagle
Nelson Riddle
Composer
Robert Strauss
Romeo Scragg
Daniel L. Fapp
Cinematographer
William Lanteau
Available Jones
Ted Thurston
Senator Jack S. Phogbound
Carmen Alvarez
Moonbeam McSwine
Alan Carney
Mayor Dawgmeat
Diki Lerner
Lonesome Polecat
Valerie Harper
Dogpatch girl
Beth Howland
Dogpatch girl
Joe Ploski
Hairless Joe
Stanley Simmonds
Rasmussen T. Finsdale
Jerry Lewis
Cameo
Donna Douglas
Dogpatch Girl
Ann Kunde
Dogpatch Woman
Johnny Mercer
Lyricist
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Li'l Abner is a 1959 musical comedy film based on the comic strip of the same name created by Al Capp and the successful Broadway musical of the same name that opened in 1956. The film was produced by Norman Panama and directed by Melvin Frank (co-writers of the Broadway production). It was the second film to be based on the comic strip, the first being RKO's 1940 film, Li'l Abner.