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Summary
Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary Lou. Mary Lou's ex-boyfriend becomes suspicious of the preacher and gets the local police to investigate his actions.
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Audiences 52GoodWatch 52
Letterboxd · 207 ratings2.9/5
IMDb4.5
Running time
1 h 27 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −22 min on the typical 109
typical 10987Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries
+116Released
1971
January 1, 1971
55 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
Directing · 1
- Albert T. Viola Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Harvey Flaxman Writer
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