The Road to Nashville explained

The Road to Nashville
Director:	Will Zens
Starring:	Marty Robbins Connie Smith
Cinematography:	Leif Rise Vilmos Zsigmond
Editing:	Michael David
Producer:	Robert Patrick Marty Robbins
Language:	English

The Road to Nashville is a 1967 American musical film directed by Will Zens and starring Marty Robbins and Connie Smith.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

This is a musical comedy about signing up singers to take part in a country music film.^[4] A Hollywood film company sends Colonel Feetlebaum (Doodles Weaver) to Nashville to round up talent to appear. A host of then-current country stars perform their hits.

Cast

• Marty Robbins as himself
• Connie Smith as herself
• Doodles Weaver as Colonel Feetlebaum
• Richard Arlen as Studio Boss
• Ralph Emery as himself
• Johnny Cash as himself
• June Carter Cash as herself
• Waylon Jennings as himself
• Hank Snow as himself
• Norma Jean as herself
• Webb Pierce as himself
• Kitty Wells as herself
• Johnnie Wright as himself
• Ruby Wright as herself
• Bill Phillips as himself
• Faron Young as himself
• Lefty Frizzell as himself
• Margie Singleton as herself
• Bill Anderson as himself
• Dottie West as herself
• Porter Wagoner as himself
• The Carter Family as Themselves
• The Stoneman Family as Themselves
• The Osborne Brothers as Themselves

Notes and References

1. Book: Alain Lacombe. L'écran du rock: 30 ans de cinéma et de rock-music. 1985. Lherminier, 1985. 2862440442.
2. Book: Scott Von Doviak. Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema. 18 September 2015. McFarland, 2004. 978-0786482122.
3. "The Road to Nashville". Films in Review, Volume 30. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, 1979.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=otDFSIwdsSIC&dq=%22Badge+of+Marshal+Brennan%22&pg=PA354 Barbara J. Pruett, Marty Robbins: Fast Cars and Country Music, page 352-354, Scarecrow Press, 2007