''Sleepytime Gal'' is a 1942 American

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directed by

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and written by Art Arthur, Albert Duffy and Max Lief. The film stars Judy Canova, Tom Brown,

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, Elisha Cook Jr., Jerry Lester, Mildred Coles and Harold Huber. It was released on March 5, 1942 by

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Plot

Cast

* Judy Canova as Bessie Cobb * Tom Brown as Chick Patterson *

as Chef Popodopolis *

as Sugar Caston *

as Mr. Adams * Elisha Cook Jr. as Ernie * Jerry Lester as Downbeat * Mildred Coles as Connie Thompson * Harold Huber as Honest Joe Kincaid * Fritz Feld as Chef Petrovich * Frank Sully as Dimples *Jimmy Ames as Gus *

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as Chef Barzumium * Skinnay Ennis as Danny Marlowe * Paul Fix as Johnny Gatto

References

External links

* 1942 films 1940s English-language films American comedy films 1942 comedy films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell American black-and-white films 1940s American films Films scored by Mort Glickman {{1940s-US-comedy-film-stub