Released on October 6, 1940, the film stars Mary Lee, Harry Cheshire, Rufe Davis, June Storey, Ralph Bowman, Joan Woodbury, Jed Prouty, Victor Kilian and Isabel Randolph.

Believing this to be a ridiculous idea, community leaders Hiram Crabtree, Sam Spitz and Mrs. Uppington pressure Pappy to return the money within 30 days.

He approaches the Peep Inn's group of musicians, dancers and their director Jeff Hill to settle their contracts for their release.

Jeff wants to stage a show called the Barnyard Follies to earn enough money to solve the financial problem, but Dolly and the other dancers quit when they learn of the plan.

Barnyard Follies drew on cast members who had been recently dropped from Hal Roach's Our Gang series of comedy shorts, such as Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.