Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar

Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar is a 1965 American comedy film directed by Victor Duncan, and is notable for the reunion of Bowery Boys' actors Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall, who had last appeared in a film together nine years earlier—in Crashing Las Vegas. The film was released on September 15, 1965, by Marathon Pictures.

Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
Directed byVictor Duncan
Written bySeymour D. Rothman
StarringArnold Stang
Pamela Hayes
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
CinematographyGary Galbraith
Edited byJohn Mullen
Music byAudrey Williams
Distributed byMarathon Pictures (USA)
Astral Films (Canada)
Release date
  • September 15, 1965 (1965-09-15)
Running time
107 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Jubal A. Bristol loves country music, but his wife thinks it is beneath her to listen to it. Mrs. Bristol is planning an opera event, but the company that was supposed to play are stranded in New York City. Jubal gathers a large group of country artists to come and play the opera in their place and saves the day.

Cast

The cast includes a variety of country music guest stars, including Little Jimmy Dickens, Lefty Frizzell, Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys, Dottie West, George Hamilton IV, Pete Drake, Sonny James, Minnie Pearl, Billy Walker, Connie Smith, Johnnie Wright, Kitty Wells, Del Reeves, Faron Young, and Webb Pierce.

Home media

The film was released on DVD on February 27, 2007.[1]

Significance

This was Gorcey and Hall's first appearance together in a color film, after starring in dozens of black & white films together as "The Dead End Kids", "East Side Kids", and "The Bowery Boys" from the 1930s to the 1950s.

References
  1. "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar DVD". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.


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