Genre: Western (Western North Carolina anyway)
Screen time for O'Connor: On screen first in minute 31 of film. On screen intermittently from minute 47 to minute 108
Most notable incongruity: Little Jack's hair, which looks way better than anyone else's in the film.
Observation: This is the first role ever in which O'Connor plays a badguy.
Interesting Character Scale (Meg McDermott=10, Lorraine Beasley=0): seven
Best scenes for O'Connor: Her death scene, which is very well choreographed and the George Raft thing with the coin
(see below).
Death scene:
It recalls this scene from
Bonnie and Clyde:
Then there's The George Raft Thing:
NOTES
According to the Waynesville Mountaineer, GHOST TOWN IN THE SKY, the North Carolina theme park may soon change ownership. American Heritage Family Parks recently acquired $20 million worth of real estate in the area, including 49-percent ownership of Al Harper's Great Smoky Mountain Railroad in Bryson City.
Stella Parton (Betsy Mae) was Mary Beth Malone in THE DUKES OF HAZZARD. Rance Howard (Sherrif Tom Parker) was in a film called THE GENESIS CODE. Another film with Renee O'Connor, Monster Ark, was originally called THE GENESIS CODE. Terrence Knox was Rafe Logan in one episode of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD. Anthony Hornus (Captain Ketner) will be Hoyt Pike in A STATE OF HATE. One of the songs in the film was written and sung by Stella Parton, Dolly Parton's sister. The score was by Dennis Therrian, who also did the score for AN ORDINARY KILLER, the film to which A STATE OF HATE is sequel.
Tony Dow (Wally from LEAVE IT TO BEAVER) visited the Ghost Town in the Sky theme park in 1964.
Above is the view of the area of North Carolina (Maggie Valley) where the events of the film took place.