The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

Dec 31, 1965

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.

Genres

Western

Comedy

Production Companies

Saloon Productions

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Cast

Archie

Jeff Siggins

La belle

Greta Thyssen

Father

Hurd Hatfield

Sherlock Holmes

Jerome Raphael

Wells Fargo Ferguson

Paul Benedict

H.S. Stevens

Severn Darden

Judge Parker

Ray Reinhardt

Shadbelly Higgins

Louis Waldon

Sheriff Fairfax

Robert Winston

Fetlock Jones

Ernie Austin

Amelia

Flora Elkins

Bill Stone

Byrne Piven

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