Mudhoney!

Mudhoney! (1965)

...leaves a taste of evil!

In this Depression-era tale, Calef McKinney, traveling from Michigan to California, stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute hires him for odd jobs. Calef gets involved with Lute's niece, Hannah. But she's married to Sidney, a wife-beating drunk who hopes to inherit his uncle-in-law's money. Sidney and an eccentric preacher plot against Calef, who finds it difficult to conceal his mysterious past and his growing affection for Sidney's wife.

Date of release
1965-05-25
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (49)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director
Russ Meyer

Casting

Interesting facts

Mudhoney is a 1965 Southern Gothic film directed by Russ Meyer. It is based on the novel Streets Paved With Gold (1958) by Raymond Friday Locke. The film is a period drama set during the Great Depression. "I got in a little bit over my head," Meyer said about the film. "That's when I thought I was Erskine Caldwell, John Steinbeck and George Stevens all in one."

Production

The film was based on a novel, Streets Paved with Gold by Friday Locke.

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