The Fastest Guitar Alive

Year:	1967
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Comedy, Music, Western
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	6.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	3 Have Seen


Director	Michael D. Moore
Selected Cast	Roy Orbison as Johnny
	Sammy Jackson as Steve
	Lyle Bettger as Charlie
	Joan Freeman as Sue Chesnut

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DVD

The Fastest Guitar Alive - Warner Home Video - USA (2011)

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jakal68 ● 24th Feb 2024



Neil Forbes 23rd Sep 2015		@Neil86, actually "There Won't Be Many Coming Home" could've referred to ANY conflict, not just Viet Nam. Though it was included in the (supposed) soundtrack album, but not the film, it might've referred to the Civil War, for purposes of context in the movie.



neil86 22nd Sep 2015		Only 7 songs from the 10 tracks LP were used in the film but definitely not "There Wont Be Many Coming Home" which I think was an anti-Vietnam war song. "Pistolero" was the only song from the movie put on a 45 rpm at the time.



Neil Forbes 22nd Sep 2015		@Jasper, I do recall seeing an LP issued in Australia on the London label(for contractural reasons) of the movie soundtrack, but I only saw it once many years ago. I wouldn't have thought it would be re-issued on CD though. It's quite a surprise that you've found and uploaded it.



Jasper 22nd Sep 2015		I added the CD with songs from the movie. https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/4666972au



Record Collector 22nd Sep 2015		Yep just looked it up



Neil Forbes 22nd Sep 2015		Ah, RC, the title's actually "Cry Softly Lonely One" which was the A-side of the single, "Pistolero" was the B-side.



Record Collector 22nd Sep 2015		Not forgetting cry softly to me as I have it on cd great song



Neil Forbes 22nd Sep 2015		As I said, it was his ONLY movie appearance. The movie was a "contrived" piece, in order to fit Orbison in, much like Elvis Presley's films, all contrived and built around Presley with songs that Presley himself said he hated doing most of them. But in this film, Roy Orbison himself composed all the songs(some with partner, Bill Dees). Another song from this film is "There Won't Be Many Coming Home", an all-time Orbison classic!



Record Collector 22nd Sep 2015		Saw this movie on TCM I didn't know he can act



Neil Forbes 22nd Sep 2015		In that clip I think I also spotted Ernest Borgnine. The song was on the B-side of "Cry Softly, Lonely One". The movie was Orbison's ONLY opportunity to act, a movie career was the reason why he switched from Monument to M-G-M in the first place.



neil86 21st Sep 2015		B side of this single HERE"Pistolero" is from movie

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