| Li'l Abner | |
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| Directed by | Melvin Frank |
| Written by | Al Capp Norman Panama Melvin Frank |
| Produced by | Norman Panama |
| Starring | Peter Palmer Leslie Parrish Stubby Kaye Howard St. John Julie Newmar Stella Stevens |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Arthur P. Schmidt |
| Music by | Gene De Paul Joseph J. Lilley Nelson Riddle |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,200,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Li'l Abner is a 1959 musical comedy film based on the comic strip of the same name created by Al Capp and the successful Broadway musical of the same name that opened in 1956. The film was produced by Norman Panama and directed by Melvin Frank[2] (co-writers of the Broadway production). It was the second film to be based on the comic strip, the first being RKO's 1940 film, Li'l Abner.
- ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
- ^ "Li'l Abner". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 25, 2016.