Jeepers Creepers (1939 live-action film)
| Jeepers Creepers | |
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| Directed by | Frank Mcdonald |
| Written by | Dorrell McGowan Stuart E. McGowan |
| Produced by | Armand Schaefer |
| Starring | Roy Rogers |
| Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
| Edited by | Ernest J. Nims |
| Music by | James Wessel |
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| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Jeepers Creepers is a 1939 American musical comedy starring Roy Rogers, with the popular hillbilly comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elviry. Rogers plays a Sheriff in a town where a rich industrialist cheats a poor family out of their land when coal is discovered there.
The unusual title refers to the 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers" by Harry Warren and Jerry Mercer, which Rogers and the cast sing during the film. The film also features "Little Brown Jug", "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree", "Listen to the Mocking Bird", and "In the Good Old Summer Time".