Character Relationship Map: Comin' Round the Mountain

Characters

• Al Stewart (played by Bud Abbott) — protagonist

  Al Stewart is a theatrical agent who books Dorothy McCoy and the Great Wilbert at a New York nightclub. After Wilbert's heritage is discovered, Al travels with Wilbert and Dorothy to Kentucky, becomin...

• Dorothy McCoy (played by Dorothy Shay) — supporting

  Dorothy McCoy is a nightclub performer known as the Manhattan Hillbilly and the person who recognizes Wilbert's McCoy clan yell. She travels with Wilbert and Al to Kentucky, initially rejects Wilbert'...

• Devil Dan Winfield (played by Glenn Strange) — supporting

  Devil Dan Winfield is the opposing Winfield clan's representative in the feud and the McCoys' opponent in the turkey shoot. He later tastes the broken love-potion jar and falls in love with Wilbert. D...

• Clark Winfield (played by Kirby Grant) — supporting

  Clark Winfield is Dorothy McCoy's beloved and a member of the Winfield family, whose long feud with the McCoys drives the Kentucky conflict. Dorothy intends to marry him after the potion's effects fad...

• Aunt Huddy (played by Margaret Hamilton) — supporting

  Aunt Huddy is the local witch whom Wilbert visits to obtain a love potion for Dorothy. While preparing it, Huddy and Wilbert make voodoo dolls of one another and inflict pain by sticking pins into the...

• Granny McCoy (played by Ida Moore) — supporting

  Granny McCoy is the family elder searching for Wilbert, the long-lost grandson of Squeeze Box McCoy. She recounts the history of the McCoy-Winfield feud and explains that the gold's location can be re...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Aunt Huddy → Dorothy McCoy (Power Potion Influence) — Huddy's magic temporarily alters Dorothy's romantic feelings.

  After the potion is obtained from Aunt Huddy, it initially causes Dorothy to fall in love with the escape artist.

• Granny McCoy → Dorothy McCoy (Family Clan Elder) — Granny functions as an elder authority within Dorothy's clan.

  Granny McCoy recounts the McCoy-Winfield feud to the McCoy group, while Dorothy is identified as a McCoy.

• Dorothy McCoy → Clark Winfield (Romantic Love Interest) — Dorothy and Clark form the film's central romantic pairing.

  Dorothy declines the escape artist's proposal because she is in love with Clark Winfield, and later she prepares to marry Clark.

• Al Stewart → Dorothy McCoy (Professional Agent And Client) — Al manages Dorothy's performance career and arranges her engagements.

  Al Stewart books Dorothy McCoy at a New York nightclub as her theatrical agent.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Aunt Huddy → Al Stewart (Narrative Indirect Obstacle) — Huddy's potion complicates the personal and practical problems surrounding Al's group.

  The love potion obtained from Aunt Huddy causes the group pursuing the treasure to lose control of the romantic situation Al is managing.

• Clark Winfield → Devil Dan Winfield (Clan Alliance) — Their shared clan identity links them within the Winfield faction.

  Both Clark and Devil Dan are identified as Winfields, while the Winfield clan acts collectively during the feud.

• Granny McCoy → Devil Dan Winfield (Conflict Feud Opponents) — They represent the opposing clan leadership in the inherited feud.

  Granny explains the feud between the McCoys and the Winfields, and Devil Dan later arrives with the Winfield clan ready to fight.

• Dorothy McCoy → Devil Dan Winfield (Conflict Clan Opponent) — Their family affiliations place them on opposing sides of the feud.

  The Winfield clan arrives ready for a fight against the McCoys, and Devil Dan Winfield leads the Winfield side in the feud.

Story Analysis

A theatrical agent and a Kentucky clan become entangled in a feud, a magical romance, and an impossible treasure hunt.

Plot Progression

1. The Lost McCoy Discovery — Al books Dorothy in New York, where a failed escape act exposes a possible McCoy connection. Evidence in the dressing room sends the group toward Kentucky.
2. Feud Beneath the Hills — Granny explains the old McCoy-Winfield feud and the conditions surrounding the hidden gold. A disastrous turkey shoot revives hostility between the clans.
3. Potion and Disorder — The treasure condition creates a romantic obstacle when Dorothy rejects the heir's proposal. Aunt Huddy's potion produces increasingly chaotic changes in everyone's affections.
4. The Feud Turns Absurd — The potion wears off and Dorothy returns to Clark, but the Winfields arrive ready to fight. A stray bullet breaks the potion jar and transforms Devil Dan's loyalties.
5. Gold Behind the Rock — The concertina reveals a map to a mine in Winfield territory. Devil Dan helps the group reach the gold, only for armed guards to arrest them at the bullion depository.