Countrywestern favorite Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys star in the Columbia musical western Smoky Mountain Melody Not much happens plotwise Acuff playing himself is a tenderfoot who somehow manages to come out on top when he heads westward The villains who arent all that villainous try to promote a phony stock deal but Roy and his pals foils their plans The comedy honors go to Guinn Big Boy Williams as a blowhard sheriff Smoky Mountain Melody was scripted by Barry Shipman the son of pioneering female filmmaker Nell Shipman