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Big Fella (1938)

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.

Release: 1938-01-03
Runtime: 74 min
Rating: 7 / 10
Cast
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Joe
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Elisabeth Welch
Amanda 'Manda'
Roy Emerton
Roy Emerton
Spike
James Hayter
James Hayter
Chuck
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Lawrence Brown
Corney
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Eldon Gorst
Gerald Oliphant
Marcelle Rogez
Marcelle Rogez
Marietta
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Eric Cowley
Ferdy Oliphant
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Joyce Kennedy
Mrs. Oliphant
Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford
Nanny (uncredited)