Rockabilly Baby (1957)
Dig This Action, Daddy-O!
The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social leader Mrs. Wellington, who supports her idea for a town youth center, and she is aided by Tom Griffith, the high school principal. At the town's annual picnic, to which Eleanor has bought a band, the town busy-body Eunice reveals what she had learned from Eleanor's past.
- Date of release
- 1957-10-30
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Family, Music
- Director
- William F. Claxton
Casting
- Virginia Field — Eleanor Carter aka Dixie West
- Douglas Kennedy — Tom Griffith
- Les Brown — Himself
- Irene Ryan — Eunice Johnson
- Ellen Corby — Mrs. Wellington
- Judy Busch — Cathy Carter
- Marlene Willis — Linda Bennett
- Gary Vinson — Jimmy Carter
- Luis Amando — Singer
- Frank Sully — Bum
- Gene Roth — Mr. Harry Johnson
- Norman Leavitt — Mr. Fred Rogers
Interesting facts
Rockabilly Baby is a 1957 American musical film directed by William F. Claxton and written by William Driskill and William George. The film stars Virginia Field, Douglas Kennedy, Les Brown, Irene Ryan, Ellen Corby, Marlene Willis and Judy Busch.
Production
The film was announced under the working title Mother Was a Stripper. Filming took place in June 1957.
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