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Li'l Abner

1940·78 min

Li'l Abner

Directed by Albert S. Rogell

Comedy

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.

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Martha O'Driscoll

Daisy Mae Scraggs

Pansy 'Mammy' Yokum

Lucifer 'Pappy' Yokum

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Lucien Moraweck

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Li'l Abner (1940) is about 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.

Who directed Li'l Abner?

Albert S. Rogell directed Li'l Abner (1940).

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