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The Fastest Guitar Alive(1967)
Status: Released
Date: 1967-09-01
43%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
America's hottest singing star on the screen at last!
Overview:
Confederate super-spy Johnny and his partner in crime Steve travel to San Francisco near the end of the Civil War, masquerading, respectively, as a singer/guitar instructor and a magic-elixir vendor. Once there, Johnny dons a fake wig, beard and mustache, and steals Union gold to bring back to the South, aided by a guitar that doubles as a gun.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Four-Leaf Productions
Movie: The Fastest Guitar Alive
Top 8 Billed Cast
Roy Orbison
Johnny
Patricia Donahue
Stella
Maggie Pierce
Flo Chesnut
Joan Freeman
Sue Chesnut
Lyle Bettger
Charlie
John Doucette
Max
Wilda Taylor
Emily
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Video: 1967 - ROY ORBISON - Fastest Guitar Alive (Trailer)
1967 - ROY ORBISON - Fastest Guitar Alive (Trailer)
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