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Li'l Abner is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Albert S. Rogell released in USA on 9 november 1940 with Jeff York

Li'l Abner (1940)

Li'l Abner
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Released in USA 9 november 1940
Length 1h18
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating49% 2.47252.47252.47252.47252.4725

Li'l Abner is a 1940 film based on the comic strip of the same name created by Al Capp. The three most recognizable names associated with the film are Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat, Jeff York as Li'l Abner, and Milton Berle, who co-wrote the title song.

This was the first of two films based on the popular Al Capp strip, the second being Paramount's 1959 musical, Li'l Abner, which was also based on the hit 1956 Broadway musical of the same name.

Synopsis

Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.

Actors

Jeff York

(Li'l Abner Yokum)
Martha O' Driscoll

(Daisy Mae Scraggs)
Mona Ray

(Pansy 'Mammy' Yokum)
Buster Keaton

(Lonesome Polecat)
Billie Seward

(Cousin Delightful)
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Al Capp's Li'l Abner

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