Calaboose (1943)

In the second of this series of "Streamliner" westerns from Hal Roach (preceded by "Dudes Are Pretty People" and followed by "Prairie Chickens"), wandering cowboys Pidge Crosby and Jimmy ... See full summary »

Director:

Hal Roach Jr.

Writers:

Donald Hough (story), Arnold Belgard (screenplay),

Stars:

Jimmy Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Mary Brian

Cast

Cast overview:
Jimmy Rogers	...	Jim
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Pidge Crosby
Mary Brian	...	Doris Lane
William Henry	...	Tom Pendergrast (as Bill Henry)
Paul Hurst	...	Bartender Ed
Marc Lawrence	...	Sluggsy Baker
William B. Davidson	...	Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson)
Jean Porter	...	Major Barabara
Iris Adrian	...	Gert, aka 'Ma', Sluggy's Moll

Storyline

In the second of this series of "Streamliner" westerns from Hal Roach (preceded by "Dudes Are Pretty People" and followed by "Prairie Chickens"), wandering cowboys Pidge Crosby and Jimmy take a job breaking horses for Tom Pendergrast at the railroad corral, and the horses stampede through town when Pidge,preoccupied as usual with chasing a girl, leaves the door open on the opposite side of the railroad car Jimmy is driving the horses into. When Pidge learns that the girl, Doris Lane, he is chasing has a do-gooder heart and is fond of coddling prisoners in the jail ran by her uncle, Sheriff George, he gets himself thrown into jail. The plan is working good until big-city gangster Sluggsy Baker is also jailed, and sends for his moll Gert, who he calls "Ma", to bring his henchmen and break him out. They also take along the unwilling Pidge. The horse stampede through town,wrangled by the likes of Bob Woodward and Kermit Maynard, is one of the better stagings of the genre, and even has a ...

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Plot Keywords:

jail | corral | sheriff | convertible | gangster | 

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Taglines:

THE SHERIFF'S DAUGHTER SURE IS AN ARRESTING GAL! (original poster-all caps)

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

Quinze Dias à Sombra

Filming Locations:

Lone Pine, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Dudes Are Pretty People (1942)

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Soundtracks

"West Wind Whistling"
Written by Edward Ward, Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
Sung by Jimmy Rogers and Noah Beery Jr.

User Reviews

brevity is its virtue

This is one of the 3 feature screen liner series that feature Jimmy Rogers and Noah Beery Jnr and directed by Hal Roach Jnr.The main features of all 3 being that they are only 5 reels long and are painfully unfunny.This was really an attempt by Hal Roach to combat the effect of the double feature,so that exhibitors could for example show 2 screen liners claim that this was a double feature programme and therefore get in maybe two or three shows more per day.However since his studio ceased production when he was enlisted in 1942 this theory was never strongly put to the test.It has to be said that the material is very thin and there are virtually no laughs to be had.So that at even 45 minutes or so it drags along.Roach made a big mistake in letting go of Laurel & Hardy and it was all downhill from there on in.