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  • Hoedown (1950)
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    64 min | Drama, Music, Western
Hoedown (1950)
Approved
64 min | Drama, Music, Western

Cowboy movie star Stoney Rhodes (Jock Mahoney as Jock O'Mahoney) has made one western film and thinks he is on a personal appearance tour paid for by the studio, but he and his film were so bad that the studio, unknown to Stoney, has ...See moreCowboy movie star Stoney Rhodes (Jock Mahoney as Jock O'Mahoney) has made one western film and thinks he is on a personal appearance tour paid for by the studio, but he and his film were so bad that the studio, unknown to Stoney, has cancelled his contract, and his mother has mortgaged her home to supply the funds necessary for the tour and expenses of Stoney and his agent. (Stoney is shown in front of two theatres where Columbia, missing no bets, has displays of one-sheet posters from "Strawberry Roan" with Gene Autry and "The Undercover Man" with Glenn Ford.) Reporter Vera Wright (Jeff Donnell), following him to get a story of a failure, informs Stoney that he is a never-was has-been, and they find themselves stranded in the hometown of Eddy Arnold, where Eddy's film "cousin" Carolina Cotton (Carolina Cotton) quickly takes a shine to the shy and clumsy Stoney. Eddy sees a print of Stoney's film in which the character is singing "I Can't Shake the Sands of Texas From My Shoes" and is impressed and telephones his agent Sam Baker (Fred Sears) to come there quickly and sign Stoney to a contract, especially since he sounds like Gene Autry. Meanwhile, some bank robbers and gangsters get involved and have their eyes on the proceeds from a charity fund-raiser Eddy is doing. When the agent shows up to sign Stoney to a recording contract because "you sound like Gene Autry", Stoney says that is because it was Gene Autry doing the singing in the film. The film is somewhat of an inside joke built around ace stuntman Mahoney, in that his Stoney role is the opposite of his real-life abilities, and most of the males in the cast, Big Boy Williams, Douglas Fowley, Don Harvey and Charles Sullivan, takes turns beating him up and knocking him out...when he isn't falling out of hay lofts or involved in accidents. But a kiss from Carolina makes a new man out of him and the gangsters are rounded up in a one-man blitz, and Stoney ends up with eight studios bidding for his services. Eddy performs most of his best-selling hits of the day, with the exception of "Cattle Call", the vastly-underrated Carolina Cotton (as a performer and actress with a personality) yodels up a storm, and this overall turns out to be a pretty fair little sleeper, especially in regards to films where Hollywood takes a poke at itself.And probably unknown to those who go around compiling such lists. Written by Les Adams See less
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Fayte M. Browne (as Fayte Browne)
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Jun 1, 1950 (United States)

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31 cast members
Name Known for
Eddy Arnold
Eddy Arnold Eddy Arnold   See fewer
Jeff Donnell
Vera Wright Vera Wright   See fewer
Jock Mahoney
Stoney Rhodes (as Jock O'Mahoney) Stoney Rhodes (as Jock O'Mahoney)   See fewer
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Small Potatoes Small Potatoes   See fewer
Carolina Cotton
Carolina Cotton Carolina Cotton   See fewer
The Pied Pipers
Singers Singers   See fewer
Hal Hopper
Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers) Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers)   See fewer
June Hutton
Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers) Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers)   See fewer
Chuck Lowry
Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers) Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers)   See fewer
Clark Yocum
Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers) Member, The Pied Pipers (as The Pied Pipers)   See fewer
The Oklahoma Wranglers
Musicians Musicians   See fewer
Guy Willis
Member, The Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers) Member, The Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers)   See fewer
Skeeter Willis
Fiddle Player - Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers) Fiddle Player - Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers)   See fewer
Vic Wills
Member, The Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers) Member, The Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers)   See fewer
Chuck Wright
Bass Player - Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers) Bass Player - Oklahoma Wranglers (as The Oklahoma Wranglers)   See fewer
Chris Allen
Old Man with Horse (uncredited) Old Man with Horse (uncredited)   See fewer
Gene Autry
Gene Autry (voice) (uncredited) Gene Autry (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Douglas Fowley
Gang Leader (uncredited) Gang Leader (uncredited)   See fewer
Don C. Harvey
Sapper (uncredited) Sapper (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Harvey
Sheriff (uncredited) Sheriff (uncredited)   See fewer
Michael Jeffers
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Bob Robbins
Bob Robbins - Eccentric Dancer (uncredited) Bob Robbins - Eccentric Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Robinson
Contestant (uncredited) Contestant (uncredited)   See fewer
Gene Roth
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Matty Roubert
Movie Outlaw (uncredited) Movie Outlaw (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeffrey Sayre
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred F. Sears
Sam Baker (uncredited) Sam Baker (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Sullivan
Henchman Tiny (uncredited) Henchman Tiny (uncredited)   See fewer
Ray Walker
Knoxie (uncredited) Knoxie (uncredited)   See fewer
Mylon Wellington
Mylon Wellington - Harmonica Player (uncredited) Mylon Wellington - Harmonica Player (uncredited)   See fewer
Danny Welton
Contestant (uncredited) Contestant (uncredited)   See fewer
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