Little Fauss and Big Halsy is a soundtrack album to the 1970 film of the same name. Released on Columbia Records in 1971, it features primarily songs by country singer Johnny Cash (and is his 37th overall album). The album includes tracks written by Cash, Carl Perkins and Bob Dylan, as well as several tracks performed by Perkins, but did not chart.
Note: Tracks 11-13 were not issued on the original vinyl release but were bonus tracks on the 1999 Bear Family CD reissue I Walk the Line/Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Album - Billboard (North America)
Little Fauss and Big Halsy is a 1970 film directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Robert Redford and Michael J. Pollard, also featuring Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery, Jr. and Lucille Benson.
A comedy-drama featuring the exploits of two motorcycle riders, this is one of Redford's lesser known works. Johnny Cash contributed the title song and soundtrack along with Carl Perkins and Bob Dylan. The title song, "The Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsy", written by Perkins, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
The movie is the story of two motorcycle racers, the inept, unsuspecting Little Fauss (Pollard) and the opportunistic, womanizing Halsy Knox (Redford). Hutton played the role of Rita Nebraska, a role originally offered to Grace Slick.