Johnny Cash in A Gunfight (1971) (with Aidan F)

Pop Screen

Some pop stars like to take the easy route into acting by starring opposite lightweight co-stars. And then there's Johnny Cash, whose acting debut in 1971's A Gunfight sees him playing alongside no less than Kirk Douglas, with Karen Black, Jane Alexander and a young Keith Carradine in support. It wasn't a big hit - largely because calling a Western A Gunfight is like calling an action movie A Car Chase - but it's well worth a look for fans of the Man in Black. And you have seen one bit of it, even if you don't realise it...
The man Aidan comes around to our podcast again to talk about the film's left-field ending, the state of the Western as Hollywood entered the '70s, and other Cash-centric films and TV shows, from Walk the Line to that episode of The Simpsons where Homer eats a hallucinogenic chilli. In your face, space coyote!
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