Wild Guitar (1962)
A frenzy of musical action
A young rock & roll hopeful is given a shot at the big time by the unscrupulous owner of a small record company.
- Date of release
- 1962-12-01
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (29)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Comedy
- Director
- Ray Dennis Steckler
Casting
- Arch Hall Jr. — Bud Eagle
- Nancy Czar — Vickie Wills
- Arch Hall Sr. — Mike McCauley (as William Watters)
- Ray Dennis Steckler — Steak (as Cash Flagg)
- Marie Denn — Marge
- Robert Crumb — Don Proctor
- Virginia Broderick — Daisy
- Al Scott — Tom
- Lloyd Williams — Kidnapper (as William Lloyd)
- Jonathan Karle — Kidnapper
- Mike Treibor — Kidnapper
- Paul Voorhees — Hal Kenton (MC)
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Los Angeles
Wild Guitar is a 1962 American comedy-drama musical film directed by Ray Dennis Steckler and starring Arch Hall Jr., Arch Hall Sr., Ray Dennis Steckler, and Nancy Czar. The screenplay was written by Hall Sr., Joe Thomas, and Bob Wehling. The film was produced by Hall Sr. It was one of a series of low-budget films produced in the early 1960s by Hall Sr., with his son Hall Jr. as the male star.
Production notes
The musical director was a high school friend of Arch Hall Jr., the young Alan O'Day, who went on to record a number 1 pop hit called "Undercover Angel" in the 1970s.
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