''Nashville Girl'' is a 1976 film from
New World Pictures
New World Pictures (also known as New World Entertainment and New World Communications Group, Inc.) was an American independent production, distribution, and (in its final years as an autonomous entity) multimedia company. It was founded in 197 ...
about an aspiring country and western singer.
It was also known as ''New Girl in Town'' and ''Country Music Daughter'' to capitalize on the success of the similar film ''
Coal Miner's Daughter''.
Roger Corman says the film was very popular in the South and also in Europe, which surprised him.
[Ed. J. Philip di Franco, ''The Movie World of Roger Corman'', Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 213]
Plot
Jamie, a 16 year old
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer, runs away from home to try and become a star, only to find herself being sexually manipulated and exploited by older men in the country music business.
Cast
*Monica Gayle as Jamie
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Glenn Corbett
Glenn Corbett (born Glenn Edwin Rothenburg; August 17, 1933 – January 16, 1993)"CORBETT Obituary — Corbett, 59, starred in 'Route 66,' Wayne films." ''San Antonio Express-News'' January 18, 1993. Web. May 29, 2012. Document #0F22314D ...
as Jeb
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Roger Davis as Kelly
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Johnny Rodriguez
Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.
In the 1970s and ...
as Himself
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Jesse White as C.Y. Ordell
*Marcie Barkin as Alice
*Shirley Jo Finney as Frisky
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Judith Roberts as Fran
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Leo Gordon
Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American character actor and screenwriter. During more than 40 years in film and television he was most frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys but oc ...
as Burt
References
External links
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''Nashville Girl''at
Trailers From Hell
''Trailers from Hell'' (branded as ''Trailers from Hell!'') is a web series in which filmmakers discuss and promote individual movies through commenting on their trailers. While the series emphasizes horror, science fiction, fantasy, cult, and expl ...
1970s English-language films
1976 drama films
1976 films
American drama films
Country music
Films directed by Gus Trikonis
New World Pictures films
1970s American films
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