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  • Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
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    65 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
Approved
65 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

Transient workers are pouring into Sleepy Lagoon by the thousands to work in the local defense factories, with no means of finding good clean fun in a town that has been as moribund as its name for years past. They have been squandering ...See moreTransient workers are pouring into Sleepy Lagoon by the thousands to work in the local defense factories, with no means of finding good clean fun in a town that has been as moribund as its name for years past. They have been squandering their earnings and going into debt at the gambling houses, hostesses-provided dance halls, and saloons that have opened up overnight. Judy Joyner, a young radio personality whose voice is heard nightly over the local radio station, is put up as mayoral candidate on an all-female reform ticket backed by suffragist Sarah Rogers, and wins the election easily against the shady politicians headed by pork-barreling Mayor Cyrus Coates. Mrs. Crumm is chosen by Judy to be the new chief-of-police. Judy thinks re-opening the derelict old amusement park down by the shore will serve as the amusement place needed to solve the problems, and sends for her Uncle Dudley, a carnival man from way back, to be the manager. But Jay Lucarne, alias The Brain, the gambling racketeer for whom Dudley stooges for a living, sees the Sleepy Lagoon set-up as a foolproof dish of gravy into which he can dip his fingers with full official protection of the lady-mayor--unknown to her. He forces Dudley, with a gun in his back and threats against his niece, to accept the job, and The Brain and his gang of thugs move in on Sleepy Lagoon. Before long, a flourishing gambling hall is being run in a subterranean hall beneath the park--and Judy is facing charges of political corruption. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
Prescott Chaplin (story) | Frank Gill Jr. (screenplay) | George Carleton Brown (screenplay)
Cinematographer
Bud Thackery (photographed by)
Editor
Richard L. Van Enger (as Richard Van Enger)
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Updated Sep 5, 1943

Release date
Sep 5, 1943 (United States)

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36 cast members
Name Known for
Judy Canova
Judy Joyner Judy Joyner   See fewer
Dennis Day
Lancelot Hillie / Dennis Day Lancelot Hillie / Dennis Day   See fewer
Ruth Donnelly
Sarah Rogers Sarah Rogers   See fewer
Joe Sawyer
Lumpy Lumpy   See fewer
Ernest Truex
Dudley Joyner Dudley Joyner   See fewer
Douglas Fowley
J. 'The Brain' Lucarno J. 'The Brain' Lucarno   See fewer
Will Wright
Cyrus Coates Cyrus Coates   See fewer
Herbert Corthell
Sheriff Lem Bates Sheriff Lem Bates   See fewer
Ellen Lowe
Mrs. Simms Mrs. Simms   See fewer
Kitty McHugh
Mrs. Small Mrs. Small   See fewer
Eddy Chandler
Ticket Seller (as Eddie Chandler) Ticket Seller (as Eddie Chandler)   See fewer
Jack Raymond
Joe--Clown Joe--Clown   See fewer
Margaret Reid
Mrs. Crumm Mrs. Crumm   See fewer
Mike Riley
Bandleader (as Mike Riley and His Orchestra) Bandleader (as Mike Riley and His Orchestra)   See fewer
Frank Austin
Wolf Man (uncredited) Wolf Man (uncredited)   See fewer
Armand Cortes
Mephisto (uncredited) Mephisto (uncredited)   See fewer
Mozelle Cravens
Secretary (uncredited) Secretary (uncredited)   See fewer
Jim Farley
Bailiff (uncredited) Bailiff (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Gardner
Sailor (uncredited) Sailor (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Graham
Narrator (uncredited) Narrator (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Gribbon
A Lug (uncredited) A Lug (uncredited)   See fewer
Rondo Hatton
Hunchback (uncredited) Hunchback (uncredited)   See fewer
Payne B. Johnson
School Boy at Carnival (uncredited) School Boy at Carnival (uncredited)   See fewer
Darby Jones
Cannibal (uncredited) Cannibal (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Kenney
A Lug (uncredited) A Lug (uncredited)   See fewer
Art Laforrest
Mummy (uncredited) Mummy (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeannine Lehr
Sailor's Girl Friend (uncredited) Sailor's Girl Friend (uncredited)   See fewer
Jay Novello
Lug (uncredited) Lug (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Soderling
Truant Officer (uncredited) Truant Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Sammy Stein
Lug (uncredited) Lug (uncredited)   See fewer
Larry Stewart
Man (uncredited) Man (uncredited)   See fewer
Emil Van Horn
Gorilla (uncredited) Gorilla (uncredited)   See fewer
Herb Vigran
Man (uncredited) Man (uncredited)   See fewer
Johnny Walsh
Boy (uncredited) Boy (uncredited)   See fewer
Don Wilmot
Boy (uncredited) Boy (uncredited)   See fewer
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