Product Description

In the backwoods of Tennessee, country singer Woody Weatherby receives word that he has inherited a casino in Las Vegas. Elated, Woody and his buddy Jeepers head for Nevada in their dilapidated jalopy Lightnin'. When they arrive, they find that their bonanza is nothing but a debt-ridden dive. Enlisting the aid of Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren, the boys are determined to make Woody's Golden Circle a success. Jayne is hired to manage the gambling concession while Mamie is supposed to be a singer, but most of the time they just hang around and look pretty (so what's wrong with that?). But it takes the shrewd business sense of Aunt Clem from back home to make the place really take off. She books the finest talents in country music for the entertainment, and their appearances form the true high points of the picture. If you enjoyed this film, don't miss the exciting sequel, HILLBILLYS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE! Bonus Features: Bonus Previews, Scene Selection. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 85 minutes; Color; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - G; Year - 1966.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78796 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-02-22
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Vintage B-flick
This was never meant to win an Academy award. It's simply a fun, classic country filled ho-down film with the intent to showcase some of the better country artists of the sixties. The acting is below average, and I wouldn't want it any other way. That's the charm with these two "Hillbilly" films starring Ferlin Husky. It's nostalgia at it's best, and you can bet the farm-fence that I'll be watching this many times again. Forget the Mamie,and Jayne talk; they were a bonus to this classic clunker. They were never meant to steal the show. Pick up "Hillbillys in a Haunted House" too. That one will do a number on you that you're not likely to forget anytime soon!

Mmm Hmm. A heaping helping of country goodness
Listen up ya'll. If you enjoy a movie with good down home mannerisms, easy speaking rural folk, and a plot that's thinner than a Southern fried possumn tail, than this here moving picture is just right for you.

Shucks. You get the same two leading men from the Hillbillies in the Haunted House movie, plus Mamie Van Doren. Jayne Mansfield may have clocked in at a whole 10 minutes in this film. She's saved by our kindly southern folk after she breaks down on the highway, she sings a song in a dream sequence type setting, then she stands at the roulette wheel and that looks like stock footage.

To watch the film the whole way through is as painful as putting your nose to the lips of a large mouth bass. The country songs and 'stars' that perform are enough to curdle grandma's buttermilk. Whew boy, if you like being tortured by honest good time cinema, step right up and go to Vegas with 60's country stars that are as loosely knit as a scarecrow in a tornado.

"Jayne, Mamie, Hillbillies, Country Music Stars and Vegas!"
This is a very fun and entertaining country music film starring two blond sex godesses, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. Ferlin Husky stars as Woody Weatherby, a hillbilly from Tennessee who with another outback type friend learns he has inherited a casino in Las Vegas. But when they get there in their run down jalopy, they find the place is a debt ridden dive. Woody and his friend, Jeepers, set out to make the casino/nightclub a big smash! With a little help from Jayne Mansfield who manages the casino concessions and Mamie Van Doren who sings and dances to provide entertainment for the customers. The place starts taking off big time when Woody decides he needs Aunt Clem's good business sense and the fact that she books some of the best country music stars in the business! Includes some high point scenes of Bill Anderson, Del Reeves and Connie Smith to name just a few. This film was never meant to win an Oscar,however, it is a very funny, colorful and rather crazy film with hillbillies, motorcycles, blond sex godesses and country music stars!