A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate because of atomic bomb testing, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry Li'l Abner, and Li'l Abner just wants to go fishing.
Costume
Daisy Mae's famously revealing outfit caused actual censorship battles.
Acting
Stubby Kaye's Marryin' Sam steals every scene he's in.
Production
Massive sets faithfully recreate the comic strip's exaggerated aesthetic.
Director
Melvin Frank
Peter Palmer
Li'l Abner Yokum
Leslie Parrish
Daisy Mae
Stubby Kaye
Marryin' Sam
Julie Newmar
Stupefyin' Jones
Billie Hayes
Pansy ('Mammy') Yokum
Joe E. Marks
Pappy Yokum
Stella Stevens
Appassionata Von Climax
Howard St. John
General Bullmoose
Al Nesor
Evil Eye Fleagle
Robert Strauss
Romeo Scragg
William Lanteau
Available Jones
Alan Carney
Mayor Dawgmeat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Broadway show was still running when this filmed; most original cast members reprised roles.
Al Capp's comic strip was wildly popular but deeply controversial—he later became a vicious right-wing critic of 1960s counterculture.
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