A comedy musical based on an earlier stage musical, which was in turn based on the comic strip characters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry Li'l Abner, and Li'l Abner just wants to go fishing, until it is learned that Abner's Mammy's Yokumberry Tonic might be enough to save the town. Abner offers the tonic to Washington, but General Bullmoose wants it too, so Bullmoose tries to trap Abner into marrying his attractive but ditzy executive secretary, Appassionata. Meanwhile, Daisy Mae pledges herself to Earthquake in marriage in exchange for rescuing Abner from Bullmoose. Will Abner and Daisy Mae ever finally get together?

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Li'l Abner (1959). USA. Color (Technicolor). Produced by: Paramount Pictures. Certification: USA:Unrated Language: English Genre: Comedy / Musical. Runtime: USA:114 min. Directed by Melvin Frank. Cast (in credits order): Peter Palmer.... Li'l Abner. Leslie Parrish.... Daisy Mae. Stubby Kaye.... Marryin' Sam. Howard St. John.... General Bullmoose. Julie Newmar.... Stupefyin' Jones. Stella Stevens (I).... Appassionata Von Climax. Billie Hayes.... Mammy Yokum. Joe E. Marks.... Pappy Yokum. Bernd Hoffmann.... Earthquake McGoon. Al Nesor.... Evil Eye Fleagle. Robert Strauss (I).... Romeo Scragg. William Lanteau.... Available Jones. Ted Thurston.... Senator Jack S. Phogbound. Carmen Alvarez.... Moonbeam McSwine. Alan Carney.... Mayor Dawgmeat. Stanley Simmonds.... Rasmussen T. Finsdale. Diki Lerner.... Lonesome Polecat. Joe Ploski.... Hairless Joe. Jerry Lewis.... Itchy. Written by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Music by Joseph J. Lilley (M:AAN), Nelson Riddle (M:AAN), Gene de Paul (song music). Costume Design by Alvin Colt. Film Editing by Arthur P. Schmidt. Produced by Norman Panama.