Big Fella

Jan 3, 1938

1h 14m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Beaconsfield Productions

British Lion Films

Big Fella Trailers

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Cast

Joe

Paul Robeson

Amanda 'Manda'

Elisabeth Welch

Spike

Roy Emerton

Chuck

James Hayter

Corney

Lawrence Brown

Gerald Oliphant

Eldon Gorst

Marietta

Marcelle Rogez

Ferdy Oliphant

Eric Cowley

Mrs. Oliphant

Joyce Kennedy

Nanny (uncredited)

Margaret Rutherford

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