The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

90 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 31, 1965

Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.

The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

90 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 31, 1965

The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.
Producers Saloon Productions
Original title The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
Directors Adolfas Mekas
Writers Adolfas Mekas, Mark Twain

Cast

Jeff Siggins

as Archie

Greta Thyssen

as La belle

Hurd Hatfield

as Father

Jerome Raphael

as Sherlock Holmes

Paul Benedict

as Wells Fargo Ferguson

Severn Darden

as H.S. Stevens

Ray Reinhardt

as Judge Parker

Louis Waldon

as Shadbelly Higgins

Robert Winston

as Sheriff Fairfax

Ernie Austin

as Fetlock Jones

Flora Elkins

as Amelia

Byrne Piven

as Bill Stone