Hillbilly romance, stolen cash, and steamy shenanigans on a rickety houseboat in Mudcat Landing.
SHOTGUN WEDDING
In Flaming Hillbilly Color!
While Rafe Anchors longs to marry the daughter of his father's sworn enemy, his father is being pressured into marriage by a sexy, shady gold-digger closer to Rafe's age.
Shotgun Wedding is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Boris Petroff about family feuds, forbidden love, and a gold-digging runaway who stirs up trouble in a tiny riverside town.
Synopsis
Buford had provided her sanctuary, but only after taking her $3,000 of stolen money, which she stole from the carnival strongman, Steelo, back when she was working at a carnival far away, back east in New Orleans. Melanie wants to marry Buford, and now, to put pressure on him to marry her, she tells him that she is going to have a baby.
Meanwhile, old Silas Heller is having problems with his pretty daughter, Honey Bee, who appears to be around 16 years old. Honey Bee says she is “just itchin’ to get married.” And that’s just the beginning ...
- Director
- Boris Petroff
- Writers
- Boris Petroff, Edward D. Wood Jr., Jane Mann
- Release
- 1963
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Comedy
Why Cult
Set in the backwoods outpost of Mudcat Landing, the film delivers a bumper crop of rural squabbles, feuds, and romance.
Notorious cult legend Edward D. Wood Jr. co-wrote the script, so expect psychotronic dialogue and plot turns.
From implied nudity and lingerie to steamy step-relations, it checks all the boxes for B-movie sleaze and sexual innuendo.
Melanie, a carnival escapee with stolen cash, sets off a chain reaction of marriage plots and family chaos.
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Questions from the Vault
What is Shotgun Wedding about? +
Shotgun Wedding is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Boris Petroff about family feuds, forbidden love, and a gold-digging runaway who stirs up trouble in a tiny riverside town.
Who directed Shotgun Wedding? +
Shotgun Wedding was directed by Boris Petroff.
How long is Shotgun Wedding? +
Shotgun Wedding has a runtime of 64 minutes.
What genre is Shotgun Wedding? +
Shotgun Wedding is a comedy film.
Where can I watch Shotgun Wedding? +
Shotgun Wedding is available to stream on SassyFlix.
