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Sleepy Lagoon is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and featuring comedian Judy Canova and singer Dennis Day. The film was written by Prescott Chaplin, while Frank Gill, Jr. and George Carleton Brown wrote the screenplay.
While closely coincident in time, the movie was entirely unrelated to the Sleepy Lagoon murder which led to the Zoot Suit Riots, nor to the song which lent its name to that incident.
Original Release
09/05/1943
US Release
09/05/1943
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Judy Canova | Judy Joyner |
| Dennis Day | Lancelot Hillie / Dennis Day |
| Ruth Donnelly | Sarah Rogers |
| Joe Sawyer | Lumpy |
| Ernest Truex | Dudley Joyner |
| Douglas Fowley | J. 'The Brain' Lucarno |
| Will Wright | Cyrus Coates |
| Herbert Corthell | Sheriff Lem Bates |
| Ellen Lowe | Mrs. Simms |
| Forrest Taylor | Samuel |
Directors
Writers
Prescott Chaplin, Frank Gill Jr., George Carleton Brown
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Judy Canova | Judy Joyner |
| Dennis Day | Lancelot Hillie / Dennis Day |
| Ruth Donnelly | Sarah Rogers |
| Joe Sawyer | Lumpy |
| Ernest Truex | Dudley Joyner |
| Douglas Fowley | J. 'The Brain' Lucarno |
| Will Wright | Cyrus Coates |
| Herbert Corthell | Sheriff Lem Bates |
| Ellen Lowe | Mrs. Simms |
| Forrest Taylor | Samuel |
| Kitty McHugh | Mrs. Small |
| Eddy Chandler | Ticket Seller |
| Jack Raymond | Joe--Clown / Joe - Clown |
| Margaret Reid | Mrs. Crumm |
| Mike Riley | Bandleader |
| Frank Austin | Wolf Man |
| Armand Cortes | Mephisto |
| Mozelle Cravens | Secretary |
| Jim Farley | Bailiff |
| Jack Gardner | Sailor |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Albert J. Cohen | Producer |
