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Joseph Berry (writer)
Burt Kennedy (writer)
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From one hell of a legend comes one hell of a motion picture.
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Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ned Beatty ... Charlie
Jimmy Dean ... Cletus Morgan

Jack Elam ... Jake
Doug English ... Big Bad John Tyler
Bo Hopkins ... Lester
John Ireland

John Dennis Johnston

Danny Kamin ... Jacque (as Daniel Tucker Kamin)

Anne Lockhart ... Lady Police Officer
Jeff Osterhage ... Alvin Mahoney
Jerry Potter
Red Steagall
Buck Taylor ... Bob

Ned Vaughn ... Billy Mahoney
Romy Windsor ... Marie Mitchelle

Hank Worden
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92 min
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Lester: You have to find the sheep before you shear him. more

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Miscast, misguided mistake, 19 February 2004
2/10
Author: OpticPoppa from United States

A good ol' boy film is almost required to have moonshine, car chases, a storyline that has a vague resemblance to "plot" and at least one very pretty country gal, barefoot with short shorts and a low top. The pretty gal is here (dressed in designer jeans)-- but the redneck prerequisites stop there. Jimmy Dean is a natural as a sausage spokesman but as a tough guy former sheriff, he comes up way short. Big John is big, but he isn't convincing with the "bad" part of his moniker. Bug-eyed Jack Elam is a hoot as always and Bo Hopkins has been playing this same part for decades; Ned Beatty also does his part in a small role... but there is no STORY. It smells more like an episode of In The Heat Of The Night than a feature film. Cornball cornpone with easily predictable sentiment. Perhaps the most glaring problem with this movie is Charlie Daniels singing the theme. You know the one; it was made famous by... Jimmy Dean.

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