Sleepy Lagoon (film)

Sleepy Lagoon
Sleepy Lagoon
Directed by	Joseph Santley
Screenplay by	Frank Gill. Jr.; George Carleton Brown
Story by	Prescott Chaplin
Produced by	Albert J. Cohen
Starring	Judy Canova; Dennis Day; Ruth Donnelly
Cinematography	Bud Thackery
Edited by	Richard Van Enger
Music by	Mort Glickman (uncredited); Walter Scharf (uncredited); Marlin Skiles (uncredited)
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	September 5, 1943 (United States);
Running time	65 minsutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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, and Frank Gill, Jr. and George Carleton Brown wrote the screenplay. It was Canova's final feature for Republic until 1951.

The setting of the film, the fictional town of Sleepy Lagoon, was possibly inspired by the song of the same name, which was popular at the time. The content of the film, however, is totally unrelated to the Sleepy Lagoon murder, which took place at a now-defunct Southern California reservoir and led to the Zoot Suit Riots.

Plot

Newly elected mayor Judy Joyner takes charge of a growing but corrupt small town.

Cast

Judy Canova as Judy Joyner
Dennis Day as Lancelot Hillie
Ruth Donnelly as Sarah Rogers
Joe Sawyer as Lumpy
Ernest Truex as Dudley Joyner
Douglas Fowley as J. "The Brain" Lucarno
Will Wright as Cyrus Coates
Forrest Taylor as Samuel
Kitty McHugh as Mrs. Small
Eddie Chandler as Ticket Seller
Herbert Corthell as Sheriff Bates
Ellen Lowe as Mrs. Simms
Jack Raymond as Joe, the Clown
Margaret Reid as Mrs. Crumm
Mike Riley as Bandleader
Rondo Hatton as Hunchback (uncredited)

External links

Sleepy Lagoon at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Sleepy Lagoon at IMDb
Sleepy Lagoon at the TCM Movie Database
Sleepy Lagoon at AllMovie

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