Hound-Dog Man

Hound-Dog Man (1959)

The Fabulous Fabian In His First Motion Picture With That "Blue Denim" Girl!

A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.

Date of release
1959-11-11
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Don Siegel

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Hound-Dog Man

Hound-Dog Man is a 1959 American musical comedy drama film directed by Don Siegel, based on the 1947 novel by Fred Gipson, and starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman.

Production

In 1952 Ida Lupino expressed interest in obtaining the film rights, as a possible vehicle for Robert Mitchum.

In 1955 Filmmakers Inc announced they would make the film along with an adaptation of The Quick and the Dead.

20th Century Fox bought the film rights in March 1958 following the success of the film of Old Yeller, also based on a Gipson novel. The project was assigned to prolific producer Jerry Wald who hired director Don Siegel. Siegel had been working on a film about the Boxer Rebellion for Wald but the script from writer Barre Lyndon was not ready so Wald put him on Hound Dog Man.

Siegel later wrote in his memoirs, "I had never done a picture in this genre. It was a welcome change of pace to directed a film that children could go see. I wish I could do more. My reputation may be as a director of violence.... but that doesn't mean I can't, or don't want to do comedy, or love stories. My favourite picture is Brief Encounter."

Gipson was signed to write the script. According to the author's biographer, "changes in the story of Blackie Scanlon incite Gipson to uncontrollable rages and Tommie Gipson [his wife] arbitrates all further revisions." (The author would later be given shock treatment for depression and imprisoned for assault.)

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