Big Fella (1938)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.823 |
Directed By
J. Elder Wills
Crew
J. Elder Wills
Claude McKay
Ingram D'Abbes
Fenn Sherie
J. Elder Wills
Henry Passmore
Cyril Bristow
Eric Ansell
Brereton Porter
Douglas Robertson
J. Elder Wills
Jack Beaver
George Stretton
H. A. R. Thomson
Arthur Alcott
A.W. Osborne
Harold V. King
TOP CAST
Paul Robeson
Joe
Elisabeth Welch
Amanda 'Manda'
Roy Emerton
Spike
James Hayter
Chuck
Lawrence Brown
Corney
Eldon Gorst
Gerald Oliphant
Marcelle Rogez
Marietta
Eric Cowley
Ferdy Oliphant
Joyce Kennedy
Mrs. Oliphant
Margaret Rutherford
Nanny (uncredited)
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