Wild Guitar (1962) on Netflix
NR19621h 32mComedyDramaMusicRomance
Bud Eagle rides into Hollywood hoping to make it as a singer. He meets an aspiring dancer, Vickie, and Mike McCauley, a talent scout who signs him to a record deal.
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- Netflix2.4/5
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Plot summary
Bud Eagle, a young singer-songwriter, comes to Los Angeles on a motorcycle, hoping to make it in music. He meets Vickie, an aspiring dancer, who asks about his gimmick and offers to fill him in on the business. That night he watches her dance on a television variety show, and when the scheduled saxophonist cannot play, Bud takes his place with a ballad and gets a standing ovation. Talent scout Mike McCauley offers him a record deal, and Bud accepts. McCauley moves him into a penthouse, gives him suits, a guitar and a small tape recorder, and hands him a band to record with. Bud's career rises while his doubts about McCauley's methods grow, since the scout pays students at their high schools to promote the records.
Cast
- Nancy Czaras Vickie Wills
- Virginia Broderickas Daisy
- Al Scottas Tom
- Lloyd Williamsas Kidnapper(William Lloyd)
- Jonathan Karleas Kidnapper
- Mike Treiboras Kidnapper
- Paul Voorheesas Hal Kenton (MC)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Wild Guitar (1962)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film's musical director, Alan O'Day, was a high school friend of star Arch Hall Jr. and went on to record a number 1 pop hit, "Undercover Angel", in the 1970s.
- In 2005 the film turned up in an episode of Deadly Cinema, and Nicolas Winding Refn restored and featured it at the Black Deer Film Festival in 2019.
