The Fastest Guitar Alive

– Confederate super-spy Roy Orbison and his partner in crime Sammy Jackson travel to San Francisco nea..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 27 Minutes
Release Year:
1967
The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)

Confederate super-spy Roy Orbison and his partner in crime Sammy Jackson 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, Orbison 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.

Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

01 Sep 1967

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
APPROVED

Director:

Michael D. Moore

Writer:

Robert E. Kent

Main Actors:

Roy Orbison, Sammy Jackson, Maggie Pierce, Joan Freeman

Plot:

The South is losing the Civil War and the coffers are nearly empty. A group of Confederate spies steals a shipment of gold in San Francisco and attempts to deliver it to a Confederate general in El Paso. Others know about the gold and seek to steal it from them, but the spies have a secret weapon: a guitar that shoots bullets....

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
4.5/10