Hootenanny a Go-Go

Jul 8, 1965

1h 31m

★ 0.0

Overview

A square rich boy wants to make it with a pretty folk singer, so he buys the coffee house where she and a bunch of other beatniks perform. Features performances by The Goldebriars, The Free Wheelers, and a very young Joan Rivers doing a stand-up routine.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Fred Berney Productions

Hootenanny a Go-Go Trailers

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Cast

Self

Joan Rivers

Jonathan

Curtis Taylor

Vicki Shaw

Karen Thorsell

Self

Jim Connell

Manager

Jerry Newby

Corrine

Deanna Lund

Madge Cartwright

Peg Rayborn

Amanda Peabody

Eve Tellegen

Mama Angelina

Lillian Malek

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