Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner

114 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | Dec. 11, 1959

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.

Li'l Abner

114 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | Dec. 11, 1959

Li'l Abner
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount
Original title Li'l Abner
Directors Charles C. Coleman, Melvin Frank
Writers Al Capp, Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, Johnny Mercer

Cast

Peter Palmer

as Li'l Abner Yokum

Leslie Parrish

as Daisy Mae

Stubby Kaye

as Marryin' Sam

Julie Newmar

as Stupefyin' Jones

Billie Hayes

as Pansy ('Mammy') Yokum

Joe E. Marks

as Pappy Yokum

Stella Stevens

as Appassionata Von Climax

Bernd Hoffmann

as Earthquake McGoon

Howard St. John

as General Bullmoose

Al Nesor

as Evil Eye Fleagle

Robert Strauss

as Romeo Scragg

William Lanteau

as Available Jones

Ted Thurston

as Senator Jack S. Phogbound

Carmen Alvarez

as Moonbeam McSwine

Alan Carney

as Mayor Dawgmeat

Diki Lerner

as Lonesome Polecat

Valerie Harper

as Dogpatch girl

Beth Howland

as Dogpatch girl

Joe Ploski

as Hairless Joe

Stanley Simmonds

as Rasmussen T. Finsdale

Jerry Lewis

as Cameo

Donna Douglas

as Dogpatch Girl