Wild Guitar

1962

Action / Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 1160 1.2K

rock 'n' roll guitar

Director

Ray Dennis Steckler Photo
Ray Dennis Steckler

Top cast

Arch Hall Jr. Photo
Arch Hall Jr. as Bud Eagle
Lloyd Williams Photo
Lloyd Williams as Kidnapper
Mike Treibor Photo
Mike Treibor as Kidnapper
Paul Voorhees Photo
Paul Voorhees as Hal Kenton
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821.73 MB
1280*772
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
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1.49 GB
1792*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jimtinder 6 / 10

Not bad...compared to "Eegah!"

Okay, I'll admit it...I've actually got kind of a soft spot for "Wild Guitar." It comes off as more polished and sincere than Mr. Hall's predecessor film. And there is a certain amount of charm to the film, courtesy of Miss Nancy Czar. She's no dancer, but her performance is natural. Incidentally, Miss Czar was in real life a figure skater. In the early 60s she supposedly missed a flight that killed others on the USA skating team. Her reward for failing to make the flight? The leading lady role in "Wild Guitar!"Filmed after "Eegah!", "Wild Guitar" is no sequel. And that's a good thing. Budgeted at $15K, "Eegah!" couldn't help but make money, and so was spawned "Wild Guitar" - at an incredible $30,000 budget!Despite the small budget, the quality of the film is much better than "Eegah!" In "Wild Guitar," they could afford to record voices live, not dubbed as in "Eegah!" They saved cash by filming in black and white - money that was better spent in actually coming up with halfway decent sets.Okay. So "Wild Guitar" isn't a classic. But it's probably the best of the Arch Hall films. It even boasts an appearance by the woman who accused Greg Brady of smoking in that classic "Brady Bunch" episode! Here, in "Wild Guitar," she plays a short order cook. It's also decently directed by Mr. Ray Dennis Steckler.But is that REALLY Robert Crumb, the underground cartoonist, as Don Proctor???
Reviewed by cutterccbaxter

Fly Like An Eagle, A Bud Eagle

Wild Guitar has great economic story telling. It only takes Arch Hall Jr an afternoon to become a singing sensation. He arrives in Hollywood and before he has a chance to even tune his guitar he's making his TV debut. By nightfall he's hooked up with a crooked manager and is well on his way to becoming an overnight sensation. Personally I think the cherub faced Hal Jr has more talent in his left pinkie than all the American Idol winners combined. He doesn't really play a wild guitar however. The skating scene nicely showcases Nancy Czar's talents on blades. It also reveals why Arch Hall Jr would never be up for the lead part in The Bobby Orr Story. Unless of course, his dad produced it.
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