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Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers streaming

1967 Movie United States Music, Comedy 92 min
By: Larry E. Jackson, Larry Jackson With: Del Reeves, Tommy Noonan, Mel Tillis, Greta Thyssen, Sonny Tufts

Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight and theyre on their way to Florida. Here is where our intrepid heroes find themselves facing one comic situation after another in this gloriously loopy Southern fried comedy-with-music. Their troubles only begin when they pass by a chicken farm and are overtaken by their pangs of hunger. The sneak into the hen house and haplessly attempt to nab some birds. This does not endear them to the farms owners and what comes next is positively too goofy to describe! The film is crammed with a pleasing blend of down-home humor and finger-popping country music. Sonny Tufts, whose reputation was ruined because of his fondness for the bottle, parodies himself in his role as the moonshine-swigging Cousin Urie (and mercifully ends his Hollywood career with this film). Boxing champ/movie comic Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom appears as an ex-prizefighter-turned-mailman who is aptly described as "the prize dingaling of all time."

Filmium rating
42%

Mood

Comedic
Entertaining
Joyful
Light
Lighthearted
Nostalgic

Cast & Crew

Larry Jackson
Larry E. Jackson
Robert V. Barron
Tommy Noonan
Hugh X. Lewis
Lila Lee
Sonny Tufts
Greta Thyssen
Del Reeves
Mel Tillis
Country Music Stars
Country Performers
Ensemble Cast
Purple Lee
Veteran Actors

Budget

Low-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Performative
Straightforward
Traditional

Pace

Brisk
Engaging
Lively

Soundtrack

Country Music
Musical Performances

Style

1960S
Comedy
Musical

Time-Period

1960S

Central Conflict

Comic Misadventures
Poverty

Characters

Comedians
Country Performers
Drifters

Ending

Humorous
Open-Ended

Historical Context

1960S

Key Plot Points

Comic Situations
Train Hopping

Plot

Comedy
Comedy Of Errors
Country
Music
Penniless Drifters
Train Journey

Setting

Florida

Shooting Location

Florida

Theme

Community
Entertainment
Humor
Joy Of Music
Music
Poverty

Genre

Comedy
Family
Musical

Audiences

Classic Film Enthusiasts
Comedy Lovers
Country Music Fans
General Audiences

Titles

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

Production Countries

United States

Release Year

1967
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