A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.
Fabian
as Clint McKinney
Betty Field
as Cora McKinney
Stuart Whitman
as Blackie Scantling
Arthur O'Connell
as Aaron McKinney
Royal Dano
as Fiddling Tom Waller
Carol Lynley
as Dony Waller
Edgar Buchanan
as Doc Cole
Jane Darwell
as Grandma Wilson
Virginia Gregg
as Amy Waller
Hope Summers
as Jewell Crouch
Claude Akins
as Hog Peyson
Dodie Stevens
as Nita Stringer
