Big Fella (1938)
1938 · 1h 14m · Music, Drama
Genres: Music, Drama
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Gerald escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer, who offers a refuge from his repressed white parents.
Director: J. Elder Wills
Writers: Claude McKay, Ingram D'Abbes, Fenn Sherie
Music by: Eric Ansell
Cinematography: Cyril Bristow
Editor: Brereton Porter, Douglas Robertson
Cast
Paul Robeson as JoeElisabeth Welch as Amanda 'Manda'Roy Emerton as SpikeJames Hayter as ChuckLawrence Brown as CorneyEldon Gorst as Gerald OliphantMarcelle Rogez as MariettaEric Cowley as Ferdy OliphantJoyce Kennedy as Mrs. OliphantMargaret Rutherford as Nanny (uncredited)More like this
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