That Tennessee Beat (1966)
84 mins | Melodrama | October 1966
Director:
Richard BrillWriter:
Paul SchneiderProducer:
Richard BrillCinematographer:
Jack SteeleyEditors:
Ace Herman, Carl PiersonProduction Company:
Robert L. Lippert ProductionsAccording to the 1 Jun 1966 Var, the start of principal photography was scheduled for 16 Jun 1966 in Nashville, TN. Norma Jean Bessamer, known as Norma Jean, and Ben Smathers were included in the cast.
Box-office reports in the 21 Jun 1967 Var indicated a recent opening in Providence, RI. Theater listings in the 12 Jul 1967 LAT advertised the picture on a double bill with The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967, see entry). Showings continued through the end of the decade, exemplified by a box office report in the 29 Apr 1970 Var.
A full-page advertisement appeared in the 9 Oct 1990 DV, listing over 100 unclaimed films left in storage at the defunct Metrocolor Laboratories in Culver City, CA. Among the titles was Tennessee Beat.
Various sources state that scenes of Tennessee's Walking Horses shot at Worrell's Solitude Farm in Nashville. ...
According to the 1 Jun 1966 Var, the start of principal photography was scheduled for 16 Jun 1966 in Nashville, TN. Norma Jean Bessamer, known as Norma Jean, and Ben Smathers were included in the cast.
Box-office reports in the 21 Jun 1967 Var indicated a recent opening in Providence, RI. Theater listings in the 12 Jul 1967 LAT advertised the picture on a double bill with The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967, see entry). Showings continued through the end of the decade, exemplified by a box office report in the 29 Apr 1970 Var.
A full-page advertisement appeared in the 9 Oct 1990 DV, listing over 100 unclaimed films left in storage at the defunct Metrocolor Laboratories in Culver City, CA. Among the titles was Tennessee Beat.
Various sources state that scenes of Tennessee's Walking Horses shot at Worrell's Solitude Farm in Nashville.
A guitar-playing country boy steals money from a neighbor and heads for Nashville to make a name for himself. En route he is beaten up and has his guitar broken by hoodlums. Destitute, he is befriended by Opal and Matt Nelson and introduced to Rev. Rose Conley, a preacher who gives him work as a handy man and rehabilitates him. Meanwhile, under an assumed name he starts singing country music in Nashville theaters. Eventually his father and the neighbor he robbed are brought to a theater where the young singer is appearing. He publicly apologizes from the stage and dedicates a song, "I'm Sorry," to ...
A guitar-playing country boy steals money from a neighbor and heads for Nashville to make a name for himself. En route he is beaten up and has his guitar broken by hoodlums. Destitute, he is befriended by Opal and Matt Nelson and introduced to Rev. Rose Conley, a preacher who gives him work as a handy man and rehabilitates him. Meanwhile, under an assumed name he starts singing country music in Nashville theaters. Eventually his father and the neighbor he robbed are brought to a theater where the young singer is appearing. He publicly apologizes from the stage and dedicates a song, "I'm Sorry," to them.
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