The Fastest Guitar Alive

1h 27m
ComedyMusicWesternCrimeWar
4.3

Confederate super-spy Johnny and his partner in crime Steve travel to San Francisco near the end of the Civil War, masquerading, respectively, as a singer/guitar instructor and a magic-elixir vendor. Once there, Johnny dons a fake wig, beard and mustache, and steals Union gold to bring back to the South, aided by a guitar that doubles as a gun.

Cast

Roy Orbison
Johnny
Patricia Donahue
Stella
Maggie Pierce
Flo Chesnut
Joan Freeman
Sue Chesnut
Lyle Bettger
Charlie
John Doucette
Max
Sammy Jackson
Steve
Wilda Taylor
Emily
Vincent Chase
Night Watchman (uncredited)

Crew

Michael D. Moore
Director
Robert E. Kent
Screenplay
Ben Lewis
Editor
W. Wallace Kelley
Director of Photography
Donald C. Klune
Assistant Director
Robert G. Stone
Production Coordinator
Sam Katzman
Producer
Jerome F. Katzman
Associate Producer
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Fred Karger
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
Joseph J. Stone
Set Decoration
Loren Janes
Stunts
Wilda Taylor
Choreographer
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Merrill Pye
Art Direction

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