Dueling Banjos Scene from Deliverance --- The Story Behind the Story

The Girl Lives in the Past on Instagram: "Ronny Cox and Billy Redden in the dueling banjos scene of “Deliverance,” 1972. Redden, who was fifteen at the time, did not actually play the banjo. In the carefully shot scene, he was wearing a special shirt where the banjo player, local musician Mike Addis, could hide behind him and put his arms through the shirt and play. This was Ronny Cox’s first time in any movie and he got the part because 1) he was unknown and director John Boorman specifically w

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