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Sleepy Lagoon (film)

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Sleepy Lagoon
Directed byJoseph Santley
Screenplay byFrank Gill. Jr.
George Carleton Brown
Story byPrescott Chaplin
Produced byAlbert J. Cohen
StarringJudy Canova
Dennis Day
Ruth Donnelly
CinematographyBud Thackery
Edited byRichard Van Enger
Music byMort Glickman (uncredited)
Walter Scharf (uncredited)
Marlin Skiles (uncredited)
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • September 5, 1943 (1943-09-05) (United States)
Running time
65 minsutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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

Cast

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