Summary
A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 66GoodWatch 65
IMDb6.7
Audience score64%
Running time
1 h 53 min
Longer than most comedies, +13 min on the typical 100
typical 100113Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 39 countries
+29Released
1959
December 11, 1959
67 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicFamilyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism23 of 23
Peter PalmerLi'l Abner Yokum
Leslie ParrishDaisy Mae
Stubby KayeMarryin' Sam
Julie NewmarStupefyin' Jones
Billie HayesPansy ('Mammy') Yokum
Joe E. MarksPappy Yokum
Stella StevensAppassionata Von Climax- BHBernd HoffmannEarthquake McGoon
Howard St. JohnGeneral Bullmoose
Al NesorEvil Eye Fleagle
Robert StraussRomeo Scragg
William LanteauAvailable Jones- TTTed ThurstonSenator Jack S. Phogbound
- CACarmen AlvarezMoonbeam McSwine
Alan CarneyMayor Dawgmeat- DLDiki LernerLonesome Polecat
Valerie HarperDogpatch girl
Beth HowlandDogpatch girl- JPJoe PloskiHairless Joe
- SSStanley SimmondsRasmussen T. Finsdale
Jerry LewisCameo / Itchy McGrathy
Donna DouglasDogpatch Girl- AKAnn KundeDogpatch Woman
Directing · 2
- Melvin Frank Director, Writer
- Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Norman Panama Writer, Producer
- Johnny Mercer Lyricist
- Al Capp Characters
Production · 1
- Hal C. Kern Producer's Assistant
Camera · 3
- Daniel L. Fapp Director of Photography
- Glen E. Richardson Still Photographer
- James Grant Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Arthur P. Schmidt Editor
Sound · 5
- Joseph J. Lilley Original Music Composer
- Nelson Riddle Original Music Composer
- Charles Grenzbach Sound Recordist
- Harold Lewis Sound Recordist
- Gene de Paul Songs
Art · 4
- Hal Pereira Art Direction
- Grace Gregory Set Decoration
- Sam Comer Set Decoration
- J. McMillan Johnson Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Alvin Colt Costume Design
- Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
- Nellie Manley Hair Supervisor
Other crew · 1
- John P. Fulton Special Effects
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