The Road to Nashville (1967)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Will Zens

Writers:

Genre:

Music

Tagline:

It's Pickin' and Singin' time with the Nashville Sound...Y'ALL COME!!

Plot:

A Hollywood film company wants to make a movie about country music and sends Doodles Weaver to round up talent to appear. A host of then-current country stars perform their hits. |

Plot Keywords:

Nashville Tennessee

Cast

Marty Robbins	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Anderson	...	Himself
Richard Arlen	...	Studio Boss
Norma Jean Beasler	...	Herself (as Pretty Miss Norma Jean)
Buck	...	Himself
Anita Carter	...	Herself
June Carter Cash	...	Herself
Helen Carter	...	Herself
Mother Maybelle Carter	...	Herself
Johnny Cash	...	Himself
Ralph Emery	...	Himself
Lefty Frizzell	...	Himself
Quinine Gumstump	...	Himself
Roni Stoneman Hemrick	...	Herself
Waylon Jennings	...	Himself
Bobby Osborne	...	Himself
Sonny Osborne	...	Himself
Bill Phillips	...	Himself
Webb Pierce	...	Himself
Margie Singleton	...	Herself (singer)
Connie Smith	...	Herself
Hank Snow	...	Himself
Donna Stoneman	...	Herself
The Stoneman Family	...	Themselves
Bobby Sykes	...	Himself
Porter Wagoner	...	Himself
Doodles Weaver	...	Colonel Feitlebaum
Kitty Wells	...	Herself (singer)
Dottie West	...	Herself (singer)
Don Winters	...	Himself
Johnny Wright	...	Himself
Ruby Wright	...	Herself
Faron Young	...	Himself

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G

Company:

Crown International Pictures

Soundtrack:

Dreams

don't expect a lot, just good music

'The Road to Nashville' has a paper-thin plot - Doodles Weaver tries to convince top country acts to appear in a film - but some great musical performances from anyone and everyone who was big in that field of music at the time.

So you'll see Johnny Cash, Kitty Wells, Lefty Frizzell, the Carter Family, Waylon Jennings, Marty Robbins, and many more, singing their best known songs in a mix of styles.

As a music revue, this is hugely enjoyable, but just don't expect anything other than a snapshot of Nashville keepers at the top of their game. For what it is, it is great fun and a real treat, if a little dated.