Big Fella

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Big Fella (1938)

Directed by J. Elder Wills

Music, Drama · 1h 14m

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.

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Cast

Paul Robeson Joe
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Elisabeth Welch Amanda 'Manda' Roy Emerton Spike James Hayter Chuck
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Lawrence Brown Corney
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Eldon Gorst Gerald Oliphant Marcelle Rogez Marietta
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Eric Cowley Ferdy Oliphant
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Joyce Kennedy Mrs. Oliphant Margaret Rutherford Nanny (uncredited)

Crew

Director
J. Elder Wills
Writer
Fenn Sherie, Ingram D'Abbes
Novel
Claude McKay
Original Music Composer
Eric Ansell
Editor
Brereton Porter, Douglas Robertson
Producer
Henry Passmore, J. Elder Wills

Details

Release date
1938-01-03
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Music, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Beaconsfield Productions, British Lion Films