Johnny Cash In the Movies

stagecoach - 1986 film

Stagecoach is a 1986 American made-for-television Western

action drama film and remake of the classic 1939 film Stagecoach,

directed by Ted Post and starring Kris Kristofferson as the Ringo

Kid, the role originally played by John Wayne. Willie Nelson

portrays famous gunslinger and dentist Doc Holliday, Johnny

Cash portrays Marshal Curly Wilcox and Waylon Jennings plays

the gambler Hatfield. The four main stars of the film (Nelson,

Kristofferson, Cash and Jennings) were associated as members of

the country music supergroup The Highwaymen. The supporting

cast features Elizabeth Ashley, Anthony Newley, Tony Franciosa,

Mary Crosby, June Carter Cash and Jessi Colter.

CAST

Willie Nelson as Doc Holliday

Kris Kristofferson as Ringo / Ringo Kid / Bill Williams

Johnny Cash as Marshal Curly Wilcox

Waylon Jennings as Hatfield (Gambler)

John Schneider as Buck (Overland Stage Driver)

Elizabeth Ashley as Dallas

Anthony Newley as Trevor Peacock (Old John’s Whiskey

Salesman)

Tony Franciosa as Henry Gatewood (Tonto Banker)

Merritt Butrick as Lieutenant Blanchard

Mary Crosby as Mrs. Lucy Mallory

June Carter Cash as Mrs. Pickett

Video: Clip – Stagecoach

rainbow thunder - 1988

Johnny Cash as the older Davy Crockett, meeting Orry again years later in Davy Crockett, Rainbow in the Thunder (1988)

DAVID CROCKETT’S FIDDLE AT THE WITTE MUSEUM IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

During the 13 days siege of the Alamo in February and March 1836 it is said that David Crockett and John McGregor entertained the defenders on the walls with a sort of musical competition of playing loud, Crockett with a fiddle and McGregor with bagpipes.

At the Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas, a fiddle belonged to David Crockett is on display

Video: Clip Rainbow Thunder

Davey Crockett’s Fiddle -That He Played At The Alamo

A Gunfight - 1971

A Gunfight is a 1971 American Western film directed by Lamont

Johnson, starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash.

The film was financed by the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, although

there are no leading Native American characters in the story.

Douglas’ fee was $150,000 plus a percentage of the profits.

The film was based on an original script by Harold Bloom who

sent it to Kirk Douglas who loved it and decided to star and coproduce. Douglas persuaded Johnny Cash to co star. Finance

came in part from the oil-rich Jicarilla tribe, whose head, Chief Charlie, was an admirer of Johnny

Cash. Filming took place in New Mexico.

ridin the rails - 1974

Ridin’ the Rails: The Great American Train Story (1974)

Johnny Cash guides us through the history of the great American railways, while performing some of his most famous train-related songs. Johnny Cash guides us …

murder in coweta county - 1983

Murder in Coweta County is a 1983 American made-for television drama film starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith.

It originally aired on February 15, 1983, on CBS. It is based on.

actual events of a murder in Coweta County in April 1948

committed in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Thaddeus Rose & Eddy - 1978 TV Movie

1978 TV Movie Thaddeus Rose and Eddie … The story of two friends from Texas who are finally forced to face reality for themselves and for both of their girlfriends. Starring Johnny Cash – Bo Hopkins – June Carter – Diane Ladd