Way Down South

Way Down South (1939)


  • Genre: Crime, Music
  • Release Date: 1939-07-21
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 1min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Sol Lesser Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus.
star 5.4/10
From 5 Ratings
5.5

Summary

In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate--including the slaves--at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.

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  • Bobby Breen

    as Timothy Reed Jr.
  • Alan Mowbray

    as Jacques Bouton
  • Ralph Morgan

    as Timothy Reed Sr.
  • Steffi Duna

    as Pauline Dubini
  • Clarence Muse

    as Uncle Caton
  • Sally Blane

    as Claire Bouton
  • Edwin Maxwell

    as Martin Dill
  • Charles Middleton

    as Cass
  • Robert Greig

    as Judge Ravenal
  • Lillian Yarbo

    as Janie
  • Matthew Beard

    as Gumbo
  • Willie Best

    as Chimney Sweep
  • Stanley Blystone

    as Slave Auctioneer
  • Mildred Boyd

    as Dancing Slave
  • Don Brodie

    as Slave Buyer
  • Jack Carr

    as Luke
  • Ed Cassidy

    as Slave Trader
  • Jack Clisby

    as Servant
  • Charles Dixon

    as Drummer
  • Ruby Elzy

    as Singer in Hall Johnson Choir
  • Louise Franklin

    as Dancing Slave
  • Lillian Randolph

    as Slave
  • Blue Washington

    as Slave
  • Marguerite Whitten

    as Lulu
  • Freddie Jackson

    as Servant
Directing Leslie Goodwins Director
Directing Bernard Vorhaus Director
Writing Clarence Muse Writer
Writing Langston Hughes Writer
Art Edgar G. Ulmer Art Direction
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer

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