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Prairie Chickens is a 1943 sequel to Dudes are Pretty People (1942) and Calaboose (1943), Western films 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 supporting cast features comedy veteran Raymond Hatton, who had been an unofficial comedy partner with Beery's uncle Wallace Beery in several pictures two decades earlier, and the featurette's running time is 48 minutes.
Original Release
03/25/1943
US Release
05/21/1943
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimmy Rogers | Jimmy |
Noah Beery Jr. | Pidge |
Joe Sawyer | Albertson |
Marjorie Woodworth | Lucy |
Jack Norton | Henry Lewis-Clark III |
Raymond Hatton | Jefferson Gilbert / Jefferson Gibson |
Rosemary La Planche | Yola |
Abigail Adams | Girl on Bus Tour |
Chuck Baldra | Townsman |
Walter Baldwin | Gas Station Attendant |
Directors
Writers
Arnold Belgard, Earle Snell, Donald Hough
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimmy Rogers | Jimmy |
Noah Beery Jr. | Pidge |
Joe Sawyer | Albertson |
Marjorie Woodworth | Lucy |
Jack Norton | Henry Lewis-Clark III |
Raymond Hatton | Jefferson Gilbert / Jefferson Gibson |
Rosemary La Planche | Yola |
Abigail Adams | Girl on Bus Tour |
Chuck Baldra | Townsman |
Walter Baldwin | Gas Station Attendant |
Hank Bell | Sidewalker Sweeper / Band Drummer |
Chet Brandenburg | Townsman |
Nancy Brinckman | Girl on Bus Tour |
Helen Chapman | Girl on Bus Tour |
Marjorie Deanne | Girl on Bus Tour |
Marga Ann Deighton | Miss Billings |
William Desmond | Cache Lake Townsman |
Dudley Dickerson | Farnsworth |
William Farnum | Cache Lake Townsman |
Frank Faylen | Clem / Clem - Henchman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal Roach | Executive Producer |
Fred Guiol | Producer |