Li'l Abner

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Melvin Frank

Writers

Norman Panama, Johnny Mercer, Al Capp

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

11 December 1959

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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

• Bernd Hoffmann

  Earthquake McGoon

• 

  Howard St. John

  General Bullmoose

• 

  Al Nesor

  Evil Eye Fleagle

• 

  Robert Strauss

  Romeo Scragg

• 

  William Lanteau

  Available Jones