Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight train on their way to Florida. Our intrepid heroes find themselves facing one comic situation after another in this gloriously loopy Southern fried comedy-with-music.
Acting
Del Reeves committing fully to being the dumbest man alive
Writing
Dialogue that feels improvised by actual moonshiners
Practical Effects
Genuine freight-hopping stunts from a lawsuit-free era
Director
Larry Jackson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Larry Jackson made this between producing Elvira's cult horror show and founding a chain of southern BBQ restaurants. Career coherence was not his priority.
This film exists in the weird 1960s overlap between actual country music culture and Hollywood's 'haha poor people' comedy boom. It's accidentally a document of exploitation cinema eating itself.
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