Jenny Maxwell, Shotgun Wedding (1963)
The story opens in Mudcat Landing, population 47, somewhere out West. Buford Anchors (good surname for river folk), age 60+ (with two grown sons, Rafe and Shub, and an almost-grown daughter, Lucianne), lives on a rickety houseboat. Sexy Melanie, less than half his age at 27, is staying with him. Melanie has been on the run from the law for a year now. Buford had provided her sanctuary, but only after taking her $3,000 that she stole from carnival strongman Steelo back when she was working at a carnival far away, back East in New Orleans. Melanie wants to marry Buford, and now, to pressure him to marry her, she tells him that she is going to have “a B-A-B-B-Y, baby!” Meanwhile, old Silas Heller is having problems with his pretty daughter Honey Bee, who appears to be around 16 years old. Honey Bee says she is “just itchin’ to get married” and she makes out with Rafe Anchors. Unfortunately, the fathers, Buford Anchors (who is river folk) and Silas Heller (who is land folk), hate each other and have been feuding for over 20 years. Silas Heller decides to have it out with the Anchors clan once and for all. Will the two warring clans resolve their differences with shotguns, or by peaceful means? Get a factory DVD of “Shotgun Wedding” (finally available since 2015) and find out.
