Southern-fried slapstick, musical misadventures, and a train bound for trouble.
COTTONPICKIN' CHICKENPICKERS
A pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight train on their way to Florida. Our intrepid heroes find themselves facing one comic situation after another in this gloriously loopy Southern fried comedy-with-music.
Fried chicken not included, but plenty of pickin'—and grinnin'.
If your cinematic diet craves hixploitation hijinks, Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers delivers a fried-to-perfection blend of goofy drifters, Southern humor, and musical interludes. With Del Reeves and Hugh X. Lewis bumbling their way through mishaps and a supporting cast that includes Sonny Tufts and Greta Thyssen, this one's a time capsule of loopy rural comedy.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers is a 1967 American comedy film directed by Larry Jackson about two penniless drifters who hop a freight train to Florida and stumble into a string of comic escapades.
- Director
- Larry Jackson
- Writers
- Robert V. Barron, Larry Jackson
- Release
- 1967
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Comedy
Synopsis
Why Cult
A madcap parade of blunders and misadventures, set squarely in the world of rural Americana.
Embraces its hixploitation label with a cast of colorful country characters and plenty of homespun mishaps.
This comedy-with-music features not only laughs but toe-tapping tunes from cast members like Del Reeves and Mel Tillis.
Questions from the Vault
What is Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers about? +
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers follows two penniless drifters who ride a freight train to Florida and encounter a series of comic situations.
When was Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers released? +
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers was released in 1967.
Who directed Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers? +
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers was directed by Larry Jackson.
How long is Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers? +
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers has a runtime of 92 minutes.
What genre is Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers? +
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers is a comedy.
Where can I watch Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers? +
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers is available to stream on SassyFlix.
