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Your Cheatin' Heart is a 1964 American fictionalized biographical-musical directed by Gene Nelson and starring George Hamilton as country singer Hank Williams. It co-stars Susan Oliver and Red Buttons .
"Your Cheatin' Heart", as well as other songs by Williams were performed on the movie, with George Hamilton dubbing the soundtrack album recorded by Williams' son, Hank Williams Jr. [20] Country music historian Colin Escott wrote that "the song – for all intents and purposes – defines country music."
Films that depict Hank Williams include: Your Cheatin' Heart (1964), directed by Gene Nelson, starring George Hamilton as Williams and Susan Oliver as Audrey Williams; Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave (1980), directed by David Acomba and starring Sneezy Waters
Her most challenging role during this time was as the ambitious wife of doomed country music legend Hank Williams (George Hamilton) in Your Cheatin' Heart (1964). The same year, she also starred opposite Jerry Lewis in The Disorderly Orderly, and appeared in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965) and The Love-Ins (1967) with Richard Todd. [4]
Hamilton had an excellent part in The Victors (1963), [8] an anti-war drama from Carl Foreman. Hamilton played Moss Hart in Act One (1963), [8] After making a cameo in Looking for Love (1964), [8] Hamilton appeared in Your Cheatin' Heart (1964), [8] playing Hank Williams. Hamilton went to Mexico for Viva Maria! (1965). [8]
In 1964, the biographical film Your Cheatin' Heart starring George Hamilton as Williams was released. [146] The American Truckers Benevolent Association, a national organization of CB truck drivers, voted "Your Cheatin' Heart" as their favorite record of all time in the fourth annual Truck Drivers' Country Music Awards, in 1978. [147]
Susan Oliver played Audrey in the 1964 biopic Your Cheatin' Heart opposite George Hamilton as Hank. Allyn Ann McLerie played Audrey in the 1983 television biopic Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story opposite Richard Thomas as Hank Williams, Jr. Elizabeth Olsen played Williams in the 2015 biopic I Saw the Light opposite Tom Hiddleston. [8]
Your Cheatin' Heart is the second studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. The full title is: The MGM Sound Track Album Hank Williams' Life Story – The MGM Film Your Cheatin' Heart Sung by Hank Williams Jr. The album number is E/SE-4260.