Home in San Antone (1949)
Overview
Posing as unemployed musicians, Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys, are being helped by Ted Gibson owner of the Harmony Inn in San Antonio, Texas. Gibson is impoverished because he keeps buying his kleptomaniac Uncle Zeke out of trouble, supports his Ma, and Grandpa. He wants to marry Jean Wallace, and doesn't know that Acuff and his musicians are traveling incognito for the radio show "Who Am I Helping?" If he guesses their identity, he wins $100,000.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.117 |
Directed By
Ray Nazarro
TOP CAST
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff aka Jack Jones
Doye O'Dell
Radio Singer
Lyn Thomas
June Wallace
Bill Edwards
Ted Gibson
George Cleveland
Grandpa Gibson
Lloyd Corrigan
Uncle Zeke Tinker
William Frawley
O'Fleery
Fred F. Sears
Rado Announcer Breezy
Dorothy Vaughan
Ma Gibson
Ivan Triesault
Jewel Theif
Matt Willis
Jewel Thief Thorg
Sam Flint
Dan Wallace
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