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Beale Street Mama (1946)

Wives, lock up your husbands! Husbands, run for your lives!

The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.

Release: 1946-01-01
Runtime: 60 min
Cast
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July Jones
July Jones
Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams
Bad News Johnson
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Rosalie Larrimore
Mathilda Mae Grimes
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Howard Galloway
Pretty Boy Brown
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J.W. (John) Hemmings
Chief of Police
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Montgne McCormy
Hazel Smith
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Mary Louise Stevens
Rosie Scott
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George T. Sutton
Detective
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Allen and Allen
Entertainers
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Joyce McElrath
Entertainer
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Don Albert
Himself, Band Leader