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Dudes Are Pretty People (1942)

Dudes Are Pretty People poster
Directed by
Hal Roach, Jr.
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
43 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two friends named Jimmy and Pidge get into mild mischief in a Western setting. It is a short comedy where their antics drive the story.

lightheartedbreezyplayfulfuneasygoingcomicwhimsical

What happens

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 Crosby" (Beery's real-life nickname was "Pidge"). The featurette was written by Louis S. Kaye from a story by Donald Hough. The running time for this film is 43 minutes and the picture was released in March 1942. The film had two Streamliners sequels, Calaboose and Prairie Chickens, both released in 1943 with Rogers and Beery in the same roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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