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Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
Young radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after running on an all women ticket and promptly sets out to turn the town around.
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Young radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after running on an all women ticket and promptly sets out to turn the town around.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, Crime
Written By:Frank Gill Jr., George Carleton Brown
In Theaters:9/5/1943
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Runtime:65 minutes
Studio:Republic Pictures
Cast
Joseph Santley
Director
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
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