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Onionhead

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Onionhead
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1hr 51min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1958
Director:
Norman Taurog
Starring:
Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau  ...more
Synopsis: In his third starring feature, Onionhead, Andy Griffith plays a character somewhere inbetween the bucolic ingenuousness of Will Stockdale in No Time for Sergeants and the hotheaded truculence of Lonesome Rhodes in A Face in the Crowd. Griffith is cast as Al Woods, a college student majoring in girls and parties. When his grades drop and his relationship with girlfiend Jo Hill (Erin O'Brien) sours, Al joins the Coast Guard as assistant cook on the SS Periwinkle, fully expecting to sit out WW2 in peace ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
A middling but mildly enjoyable little film, Onionhead can't seem to make up its mind about a lot of things. Is it a comedy or a drama? Is its main character likeable or a lug? Should we concentrate on the lead role played by Andy Griffith or shift focus to Walter Matthau's supporting character, who Matthau makes hard to look away from? At times, Onionhead feels like No Time for Sergeants if 90% of ... Full Review
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Andy Griffith
Al Woods
Felicia Farr
Stella
Walter Matthau
"Red" Wildoe
Joe Mantell
"Doc" O'Neal
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