The Road to Nashville

The Road to Nashville
Directed by	Will Zens
Written by	Will Zens
Produced by	Robert Patrick Marty Robbins
Starring	Marty Robbins Connie Smith
Cinematography	Leif Rise Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by	Michael David
Production company	Robert Patrick Productions
Distributed by	Crown International Pictures
Release date	September 21, 1966 (1966-09-21)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Road to Nashville is a 1967 American musical film directed by Will Zens and starring Marty Robbins and Connie Smith. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

This is a musical comedy about signing up singers to take part in a country music film. ^[4] A Hollywood film company sends Colonel Feetlebaum (Doodles Weaver) to Nashville to round up talent to appear. A host of then-current country stars perform their hits.

Cast

• Marty Robbins as himself
• Connie Smith as herself
• Doodles Weaver as Colonel Feetlebaum
• Richard Arlen as Studio Boss
• Ralph Emery as himself
• Johnny Cash as himself
• June Carter Cash as herself
• Waylon Jennings as himself
• Hank Snow as himself
• Norma Jean as herself
• Webb Pierce as himself
• Kitty Wells as herself
• Johnnie Wright as himself
• Ruby Wright as herself
• Bill Phillips as himself
• Faron Young as himself
• Lefty Frizzell as himself
• Margie Singleton as herself
• Bill Anderson as himself
• Dottie West as herself
• Porter Wagoner as himself
• The Carter Family as Themselves
• The Stoneman Family as Themselves
• The Osborne Brothers as Themselves

References

1. Alain Lacombe (1985). L'écran du rock: 30 ans de cinéma et de rock-music. Lherminier, 1985. ISBN   2862440442.
2. Scott Von Doviak (18 September 2015). Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema. McFarland, 2004. ISBN   978-0786482122.
3. "The Road to Nashville". Films in Review, Volume 30. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, 1979.
4. Barbara J. Pruett, Marty Robbins: Fast Cars and Country Music, page 352-354, Scarecrow Press, 2007

External links

• The Road to Nashville at IMDb
• The Road to Nashville at AllMovie
• The Road to Nashville at the TCM Movie Database
• The Road to Nashville at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films