Li'l Abner
Summary:
1959's Li'l Abner was adapted from the hit 1956 Broadway musical--which, in turn, was inspired by the satirical comic strip by Al Capp. Peter Palmer recreates his Broadway role as Li'l Abner Yokum, the handsome, muscle-bound, muscle-brained leading hillbilly of Dogpatch, USA. The citizens of Dogpatch are in an uproar because their ramshackle community has been designated the "mo... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Peter Palmer - (Li'l Abner)
Leslie Parrish - (Daisy Mae)
Stubby Kaye - (Marryin'Sam)
Howard St. John - (General Bullmoose)
Julie Newmar - (Stupefyin' Jones)
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Review:
Al Capp's comic strip -Li'l Abner was phenomenally popular in its prime, roughly the equivalent of -Doonesbury in the 1970s and 1980s -- and, like that later strip, frequently taking on a wide variety of political issues. While the film version includes some political commentary -- particularly in "The Country's in the Very Best of Hands"}... Continue >>
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