Wild Guitar (1962)

A young Arch Hall, Jr. is given a shot at the big time by the unscrupulous owner of a small record company played by Arch Hall, Sr. (aka William Watters).

Director:

Ray Dennis Steckler

Writers:

Arch Hall Sr. (screenplay) (as Nicholas Merriwether), Bob Wehling (screenplay)

Stars:

Arch Hall Jr., Nancy Czar, Arch Hall Sr.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Arch Hall Jr.	...	Bud Eagle
Nancy Czar	...	Vickie Wills
Arch Hall Sr.	...	Mike McCauley (as William Watters)
Ray Dennis Steckler	...	Steak (as Cash Flagg)
Marie Denn	...	Marge
Robert Crumb	...	Don Proctor
Virginia Broderick	...	Daisy
Al Scott	...	Tom
Lloyd Williams	...	Kidnapper (as William Lloyd)
Jonathan Karle	...	Kidnapper
Mike Treibor	...	Kidnapper
Paul Voorhees	...	Hal Kenton (MC)
Rick Dennis	...	Stage Manager
Carol Flynn	...	Dancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Denise Lynn	...	Nancy

Storyline

A young Arch Hall, Jr. is given a shot at the big time by the unscrupulous owner of a small record company played by Arch Hall, Sr. (aka William Watters).

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Plot Keywords:

cult | arthouse | unintentionally funny | unintentional humor | slapstick comedy | 

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Taglines:

The new sound-sensational

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 1962 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Grauman's Chinese Theater - 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fairway International Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Arch Hall Jr.'s song "Vickie" was also featured in his film Eegah (1962).

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Goofs

When Steak orders Don Proctor out of Bud's apartment, a vase is knocked off a shelf and breaks. Later, when Vickie arrives, the vase is intact and back on the shelf.

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Quotes

Steak: This is Daisy, she's gonna teach you how to swing.

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Connections

Featured in Planet X: Episode #2.5 (2006)

User Reviews

Archie & Friends

Formula plot about a small time boy Bud Eagle, Arch Hall Jr, from North Dakota coming to Hollywood looking to make it big in the world of Rock & Roll music.

Meeting cute Vicki Wills,Nancy Czar, who gives the starving and broke Bud her lunch to eat at a local diner she tells the naive and shy out of towner that's she to appear at the local amateur hour TV show that evening and invites him to come along.

Just like in the movies, damn I keep forgetting this is a movie, the person thats to appear with Vickie on the stage gets stage fright and runs out of the theater and now the shows MC Hal Kenton, Paul Voorhees, is forced to put the startled North Dakotan with Vickie on stage! Bud ends up knocking the crowd dead with his wild guitar and high-pitched voice to becomes an instant Rock & Roll success and teenage idol.

The movie "Wild Guitar" has it's moments with a bunch of Bowery Boys wannabes, that's really aiming high in Hollywood, who kidnap Bud only having him turn the tables on them and then using the three jerks Weasel Stupid & Brains,Bill Llyod Jonathon Krle & Mike Trelbor, to shake down his manager Mike McCauley,Arch Hall Sr, for $15,000.00. The kidnappers end up losing the ransom money when Mike's top henchman Stake, Ray Dennis, breaks into their hideout. After what has to be one of the most insane and crazy slug-feasts this side of the World Wresteling Federation the three take off after dropping Stake but forgetting to take the ransom money with them!

Bud who fell in love with Vickie has the devious and scheming Mike split them up because he felt that she would hurt his career by making him not available, as a boyfriend or husband, to the millions of frenzied young girls and teeny-boppers, calling themselves Eagle Feathers, all over the USA in Bud Eagel fan clubs who are just wild and crazy about him.

Hiding out in Madge's,Marie Denn, diner as a dishwasher Bud gets in touch with his All-American football hero brother Ted, Al Scott, back in North Dakota for help and the two set up his manager Mike McCauley together with his #1 henchman Stake with of all things a gift that Mike gave him to improve his music and singing.

Even though the movie "Wild Guitar" is both corny and cheaply made it did show how things in the music business is done in regards to taking an up and coming Rock & Roll singer, who's not too sharp when it comes to his or her financial future, and how after he's no longer popular and not putting cash in the till he's then drop like a case of the Black Plague.

There's a very effective scene in the film where Buds, after he was held captive and almost raped by Mike's sexy dancer Daisy/Virginia Broderick,having a heart to heart talk with another Mike McCauley discovery former Rock & Roll phenomenon Don Proctor, Robert Crumb, with him telling Bud what he's in store for with a sleazy crumb like his former boss McCauley as his manager.