''Calaboose'' is a 1943 American

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film directed by Hal Roach Jr. It stars

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and Noah Beery Jr. It is a sequel to ''

Dudes are Pretty People ''Dudes are Pretty People'' is a 1942 film and the first Western entry of "Hal Roach's Streamliners", approximately 50-minute comedic movies, directed by Hal Roach, Jr. and starring Jimmy Rogers as "Jimmy" and Noah Beery, Jr. as "Pidge Crosb ...

'' (1942), a featurette from "

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" which is a series of approximately 50-minute comedic movies. The film runs 45 minutes. Another sequel followed later the same year, with Rogers and Beery playing the same characters, entitled ''

Prairie Chickens ''Prairie Chickens'' is a 1943 American Western film and a 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 d ...

''.

Cast

as Jim * Noah Beery Jr. as Pidge Crosby *

as Doris Lane * William Henry as Tom Pendergrast (billed as Bill Henry) *

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as Bartender Ed *

Marc Lawrence Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith; February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. Early life Lawrence w ...

as Sluggsy Baker *

William B. Davidson William Beatman Davidson (June 16, 1888 – September 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1915 and 1947. Early life Davidson was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He attended Columbia University, w ...

as Sheriff George Lane (billed as William Davidson) *

Jean Porter Bennie Jean Porter (December 8, 1922 – January 13, 2018) was an American film and television actress. She was notable for her roles in '' The Youngest Profession'' (1943), '' Bathing Beauty'' (1944), '' Abbott and Costello in Hollywood'' (194 ...

as Major Barbara *

Iris Adrian Iris Adrian Hostetter (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American stage, film actress and dancer. Life and career Adrian was an only child, born in Los Angeles, California, to Florence (née Van Every) and Adrian Earl Hostetter, who ...

as Gert

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1943 films 1943 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films American sequel films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub