Hillbillys in a Haunted House

1967 film by Jean Yarbrough

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

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Directed by| Jean Yarbrough
Written by| Duke Yelton
Produced by| Bernard Woolner
Starring| Ferlin Husky
Sonny James
Joi Lansing
Don Bowman
Lon Chaney Jr.
John Carradine
Basil Rathbone
Cinematography| Vaughn Wilkins
Edited by| Holbrook N. Todd
Music by| Hal Borne
Distributed by| Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc.

Release date

* May 1967 (1967-05)

Running time

| 88 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Hillbillys in a Haunted House is a 1967 American musical horror comedy film starring Ferlin Husky and Joi Lansing, and directed by Jean Yarbrough.[1][2] The film is a sequel to The Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966), with Joi Lansing replacing Mamie Van Doren in the role of "Boots Malone".

## Plot

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A pair of country singers and their band are headed to Nashville, Tennessee. Their car unfortunately breaks down and they stop overnight at an abandoned house, which turns out to be haunted. A ring of international spies (Lon Chaney Jr., Basil Rathbone and John Carradine) who live in the haunted house are seeking a top-secret formula for rocket fuel. While it is never revealed for whom they are spying, they carry out their activities under the cover of a supposed haunted house, which comes complete with a gorilla lurking in the basement.[3]

## Cast

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Credits Order

* Ferlin Husky as Woody Wetherby
* Joi Lansing as Boots Malone
* Don Bowman as Jeepers
* John Carradine as Dr. Himmil
* Lon Chaney Jr. as Maximillian
* Linda Ho as Madame Wong
* Basil Rathbone as Gregor
* Molly Bee as herself
* Merle Haggard as himself
* Sonny James as himself
* Jim Kent as himself
* Biff Adam (drummer) as himself (uncredited)
* Marcella Wright as herself
* Richard Webb as Agent Jim Meadows
* George Barrows as Anatole the gorilla
* Virginia Ann Lee as Agent Ming Toy

## Home media

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On March 14, 2000, VCI Video released Hillbillys in a Haunted House on DVD, and later, on May 29, 2007, re-released the film, along with The Las Vegas Hillbillys, as part of a four film Hillbilly Comedy Collection.[4]

It is also available on RiffTrax.[5]

## See also

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* List of American films of 1967
* The Beverly Hillbillies
* B movie

## References

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1. ^ Turner Classic Movies
2. ^ FilmAffinity
3. ^ Video Detective
4. ^ HILLBILLY COMEDY COLLECTION - VCI Entertainment
5. ^ RiffTrax

## External links

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* Hillbillys in a Haunted House at IMDb
* Hillbillys in a Haunted House at AllMovie
* RiffTrax's version on official YouTube channel

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Films directed by Jean Yarbrough

* The Devil Bat (1940)
* Caught in the Act (1941)
* South of Panama (1941)
* King of the Zombies (1941)
* The Gang's All Here (1941)
* Father Steps Out (1941)
* Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
* Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)
* Man from Headquarters (1942)
* Freckles Comes Home (1942)
* Law of the Jungle (1942)
* So's Your Aunt Emma (1942)
* She's in the Army (1942)
* Lure of the Islands (1942)
* Police Bullets (1942)
* Silent Witness (1943)
* Good Morning, Judge (1943)
* Follow the Band (1943)
* Get Going (1943)
* Hi'ya, Sailor (1943)
* Week-End Pass (1944)
* Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)
* South of Dixie (1944)
* Twilight on the Prairie (1944)
* In Society (1944)
* Under Western Skies (1945)
* Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
* The Naughty Nineties (1945)
* On Stage Everybody (1945)
* House of Horrors (1946)
* She-Wolf of London (1946)
* Inside Job (1946)
* Cuban Pete (1946)
* The Brute Man (1946)
* The Challenge (1948)
* Shed No Tears (1948)
* The Creeper (1948)
* Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)
* The Mutineers (1949)
* Leave It to Henry (1949)
* Angels in Disguise (1949)
* Holiday in Havana (1949)
* Master Minds (1949)
* Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
* Square Dance Katy (1950)
* Father Makes Good (1950)
* Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
* Sideshow (1950)
* Triple Trouble (1950)
* Big Timber (1950)
* According to Mrs. Hoyle (1951)
* Casa Manana (1951)
* Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
* Lost in Alaska (1952)
* Night Freight (1955)
* Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
* The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956)
* Hot Shots (1956)
* Footsteps in the Night (1957)
* Yaqui Drums (1956)
* Saintly Sinners (1962)
* Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
* The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969)

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