Summaries

Posing as unemployed musicians,Roy Acuff (Roy Acuff) and his Smoky Mountain Boys (The Smoky Mountain Boys), are being helped by Ted Gibson (Bill Edwards), owner of the Harmony Inn in San Antonio, Texas. Gibson is impoverished because he keeps buying his kleptomaniac Uncle Zeke (Lloyd Corrigan)out of trouble, supports his Ma (Dorothy Vaughan), and Grandpa ('George Cleveland'). He wants to marry Jean Wallace (Lyn Thomas) , and doesn't know that Acuff and his musicians are traveling incognito for the radio show "Who Am I Helping?" If he guesses their identity, he wins $100,000.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • deception
  • double feature film
  • actor shares last name with character
  • actor shares first and last name with character
  • kleptomaniac uncle
Genres
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Western
  • Music
Release date Apr 14, 1949
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Columbia Pictures

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 2m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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