Mr. Washington Goes to Town

May 9, 1942

1h 4m

★ 3.0

YOU'LL BUST YOUR SIDES A-LAFFIN'

Overview

While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Dixie National Pictures Inc.

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Cast

Schenectady Washington

Mantan Moreland

Wallingford Montgomery

F.E. Miller

Lady Queenie

Marguerite Whitten

Brutus Blake

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer

Arthur Ray

[as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake

Zerita Stepteau

Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto

Monte Hawley

Old Crone Hotel Resident

Cleo Desmond

The Gorilla

Clarence Moorehouse

Invisible Man

Vernon McCalla

Bodyless Head

John Lester Johnson

Chambermaid

Florence O'Brien

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