The Fastest Guitar Alive
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Theatrical film poster by Frank Frazetta
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| Directed by | Michael D. Moore |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Written by | Robert E. Kent |
| Starring |
Roy Orbison Sammy Jackson Maggie Pierce |
| Music by | Roy Orbison Bill Dees Fred Karger |
| Cinematography | W. Wallace Kelley |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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| Soundtrack album by Roy Orbison | ||||
| Released | June 1967 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 22:27 | |||
| Label | MGM (E 4475) | |||
| Producer | Wesley Rose & Jim Vienneau | |||
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The Fastest Guitar Alive is a 1967 American musical comedy film directed by Michael D. Moore and starring singer Roy Orbison in his only starring role as an actor. A musical western, the story is set near the end of the American Civil War, with Orbison portraying a Southern spy with a bullet-shooting guitar given the task of robbing gold bullion from the United States Mint in San Francisco in order to help finance the Confederacy's war effort.
The film features Orbison performing seven original songs which appeared on his 1967 MGM record album of the same name. His song "There Won't Be Many Coming Home" is featured in the 2015 western film The Hateful Eight.
Filming began September 1966.
The Fastest Guitar Alive is the soundtrack title for the 33 1⁄3 record album from MGM Records released in June 1967. Its single "There Won't be Many Coming Home" reached #18 in the UK and entered the Australian chart at its highest position of #32 before slipping down the chart.
All songs written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees
The track, "Rollin' On", was covered on the 33 1⁄3 record album Famous Western Film Melodies by the Prague Radio Dance Orchestra - ARTIA SUPRAPHON 1 13 1788.
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