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Big Fella

Big Fella (1938)

1h 14m | PG-13

⭐ 7 / 10

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

Studio: Beaconsfield Productions

Genre: Music, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

as Joe

Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Welch

as Amanda 'Manda'

Roy Emerton

Roy Emerton

as Spike

James Hayter

James Hayter

as Chuck

Lawrence Brown

Lawrence Brown

as Corney

Eldon Gorst

Eldon Gorst

as Gerald Oliphant