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Calaboose (film)

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Calaboose
Theatrical poster.
Directed byHal Roach Jr.
Written byDonald Hough
Arnold Belgard
Produced byGlenn Tryon
StarringJimmy Rogers
Noah Beery Jr.
Mary Brian
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • January 29, 1943 (1943-01-29)
Running time
45 minutes

Calaboose is a 1943 sequel to Dudes are Pretty People (1942), a Western film featurette from "Hal Roach's Streamliners," a series of approximately 50-minute comedic movies, in this case directed by Hal Roach Jr. and starring Jimmy Rogers as "Jimmy" and Noah Beery Jr. as "Pidge Crosby" (Beery's real-life nickname was "Pidge"). The film runs 45 minutes and features Mary Brian in the supporting cast. Another sequel followed later the same year, with Rogers and Beery playing the same characters, entitled Prairie Chickens.

Cast

Jimmy Rogers ... Jim
Noah Beery Jr. ... Pidge Crosby
Mary Brian ... Doris Lane
William Henry ... Tom Pendergrast (billed as Bill Henry)
Paul Hurst ... Bartender Ed
Marc Lawrence ... Sluggsy Baker
William B. Davidson ... Sheriff George Lane (billed as William Davidson)
Jean Porter ... Major Barabara
Iris Adrian ... Gert