Why Its in the Dave100... Two words. Guilty. Pleasure. This is one of those kind of movies you just have to like, because you are one of only a few people who do.
George Strait plays Dusty, the famous country singer, who has just had too much of the smoke, the lights, the glare, and one day he just walks away. He tosses his guitar on his back, hitchhikes out and disappears.
Meanwhile, manager Lula is having a fit. She's sold all these tickets to Dusty shows, and, there's no Dusty! So, she finds Buddy Jackson (of course he is) to "portray" Dusty in the concerts, with the thinking that there's so much music, smoke and lights no one will know.
Meanwhile, back on the farm, Dusty turns up on a farm where somehow, the old father (Ernst), the brothers (JW and Tim) and the--of course pretty--daughter (Harley Tucker), doesn't know who Dusty is. So he gets himself hired on as the help, ropes cattle, runs rodeos, and all the things you would do if you were a famous country artist who disappeared by running away and getting hired on on a farm with an old father, brothers and a pretty daughter.
And of course, trouble brews with Buddy Jackson, who gets greedy, Lula has a bad run in with Harley and it all leads to the calm resolution that leads to one of my top ten Music in Movie moments ever.
Random Trivia... You know its a forgotten flick when the Internet Movie Database actually lists only three trivia bites. This is the last film for Rory Calhoun (Ernst), ending a movie career that started in 1944. Oh, and the soundtrack to this flick is George Strait's most successful album ever, selling over 6 million copies.
Random Thought... This movie is essentially where many movie careers began. And essentially ended as well. Yes, George Strait has reached U2 like status in the country world, and Lesley Ann Warren made films before or since, but really, who's heard of Isabel Glasser, Terry McIlvain or Toby Metcalf. Only Kyle Chandler seemed to parlay this into a movie career of sorts--even then, take out "Early Edition" and "Friday Night Lights", and you don't have much.
Also, I remember discussing this movie with Julie Dunn while in Mrs. Rials typing class. No, not Julie Wise, it was Julie Dunn. Much blonder hair and smaller head, and not as hot.
My Favorite Scene...
Its the end of the movie. Feel free to watch it, though, because let's face it, you probably aren't going to see this movie. That's why its the DAVE100.