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25 August 1961 (USA)
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What was the truth about Ada?
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Bo Gillis is running for Governor. Steve writes the speeches, Sylvester runs the campaign and Bo plays the guitar...
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A folksy sheriff wins a Southern governorship with the help of a classy call girl who becomes his wife.
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(Complete credited cast) | Susan Hayward | ... | Ada Gillis |
 | Dean Martin | ... | Bo Gillis |
 | Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Sylvester Marin |
| Ralph Meeker | ... | Colonel Yancey |
| Martin Balsam | ... | Steve Jackson |
| Frank Maxwell | ... | Ronnie Hallerton |
| Connie Sawyer | ... | Alice Sweet |
| Ford Rainey | ... | Speaker |
| Charles Watts | ... | Al Winslow |
| Larry Gates | ... | Joe Adams |
| Robert S. Simon | ... | Warren Hatfield |
| Bill Zuckert | ... | Harry Davers (as William Zuckert) |
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109 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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May the Lord Bless You Real Good
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This is an MGM potboiler with great colors and weak credibility. The picture was probably the best that repressed Hollywood could do at the time with the legend of Earl Long, once Governor of Louisiana, and the stripper Blaze Starr. (The story was filmed many years later, with Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich.) A singing, guitar-playing candidate for Governor in the Depression South is quite historical. The sly self-deprecation in Bo Gillis's stump speech at the beginning of the picture is well done. But once he hooks up with Susan Hayward, Dean Martin becomes a marshmallow. The role must have appealed tremendously to a tough broad like Hayward. She was a perfect choice for Barbara Graham in I Want to Live. I'd call the picture a failure with interesting features.