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Big Fella

Big Fella

1938 1h 14m · Music, Drama · ★ 7.3

Big Fella

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

Writer Ingram D'Abbes

Writer Fenn Sherie

Top Billed Cast

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Joe

Elisabeth Welch

Amanda 'Manda'

Roy Emerton

Roy Emerton

Spike

James Hayter

James Hayter

Chuck

Lawrence Brown

Corney

Eldon Gorst

Gerald Oliphant

Marcelle Rogez

Marcelle Rogez

Marietta

Eric Cowley

Ferdy Oliphant

Joyce Kennedy

Mrs. Oliphant

Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Nanny (uncredited)

Preview Clip: Big Fella (1937, Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton, Eldon Gorst)

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Status Released

Original Language en

Budget $0

Revenue $0

Keywords

runaway musical racism rich kid runaway child dockworker low budget race film