Yokel Boy

1942 film by Joseph Santley

Yokel Boy

Directed by| Joseph Santley
Screenplay by| Isabel Dawn
Story by| Russell Rouse
Based on| Yokel Boy
by Lew Brown
Produced by| Robert North
Starring| Albert Dekker
Joan Davis
Eddie Foy Jr.
Alan Mowbray
Roscoe Karns
Mikhail Rasumny
Cinematography| Ernest Miller
Edited by| Edward Mann
Music by| Mort Glickman

Production
company

Republic Pictures

Distributed by| Republic Pictures

Release date

* March 13, 1942 (1942-03-13)

Running time

| 69 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Yokel Boy is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Isabel Dawn. It is based on the 1939 play Yokel Boy by Lew Brown. The film stars Albert Dekker, Joan Davis, Eddie Foy Jr., Alan Mowbray, Roscoe Karns and Mikhail Rasumny. The film was released on March 13, 1942, by Republic Pictures.[1][2][3]

## Plot

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Hollywood studio boss R. B. Harris is desperate for a box-office hit. Reading about a young man in Kansas who has gained a reputation as the movies' number one fan, Harris summons him, Joe Ruddy, to ask his advice about a new gangster story. Joe suggests hiring a real gangster. Joe goes to Chicago to see the notorious "Buggsy" Malone, first trying a nightclub where Buggsie's sister Molly is the featured singer. Molly manages to coax her brother into doing the movie, eager to get him to give up his criminal ways and even hiding a million dollars of his cash until he turns over a new leaf.

On the movie set, leading lady Vera Valaize is irate about the casting and Buggsie's rewriting of the scenes, so she walks off. Molly is asked by her brother to take over the part. During a bank robbery scene shot on location, a couple of Buggsie's cronies hatch a scheme to actually rob the bank. By the time Buggsie straightens everything out, he finds out Molly's fallen in love with Joe and arranges their wedding on the way home.

## Cast

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* Albert Dekker as 'Buggsy' Malone
* Joan Davis as Molly Malone
* Eddie Foy Jr. as Joe Ruddy
* Alan Mowbray as R.B. Harris
* Roscoe Karns as Al Devers
* Mikhail Rasumny as Amatoff
* Lynne Carver as Vera Valaize
* Marc Lawrence as Henchman Trigger
* Tom Dugan as Professor
* James C. Morton as Sign Painter
* Pierre Watkin as Johnson
* Marilyn Hare as Stenographer

## References

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1. ^ "Yokel Boy (1942) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
2. ^ Sandra Brennan. "Yokel Boy (1942) - Joseph Santley". AllMovie. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
3. ^ "Yokel Boy". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-11-06.

## External links

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* Yokel Boy at IMDb

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Films directed by Joseph Santley

* The Cocoanuts (1929)
* Swing High (1930)
* The Loudspeaker (1934)
* Young and Beautiful (1934)
* Million Dollar Baby (1934)
* Harmony Lane (1935)
* Waterfront Lady (1935)
* Frisco Waterfront (1935)
* Her Master's Voice (1936)
* Dancing Feet (1936)
* Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)
* The Harvester (1936)
* We Went to College (1936)
* Walking on Air (1936)
* Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
* Meet the Missus (1937)
* There Goes the Groom (1937)
* She's Got Everything (1937)
* Blond Cheat (1938)
* Always in Trouble (1938)
* Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
* The Spirit of Culver (1939)
* The Family Next Door (1939)
* Two Bright Boys (1939)
* Music in My Heart (1940)
* Melody and Moonlight (1940)
* Dancing on a Dime (1940)
* Melody Ranch (1940)
* Behind the News (1940)
* Sis Hopkins (1941)
* Rookies on Parade (1941)
* Puddin' Head (1941)
* Ice-Capades (1941)
* Down Mexico Way (1941)
* A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
* Yokel Boy (1942)
* Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
* Joan of Ozark (1942)
* Call of the Canyon (1942)
* Shantytown (1943)
* Chatterbox (1943)
* Thumbs Up (1943)
* Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
* Here Comes Elmer (1943)
* Rosie the Riveter (1944)
* Jamboree (1944)
* Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944)
* Three Little Sisters (1944)
* Brazil (1944)
* Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
* Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
* Shadow of a Woman (1946)
* Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
* When You're Smiling (1950)

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