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.
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Paul Robeson
as Joe
as Joe
Elisabeth Welch
as Amanda 'Manda'
as Amanda 'Manda'
Roy Emerton
as Spike
as Spike
James Hayter
as Chuck
as Chuck
Lawrence Brown
as Corney
as Corney
Eldon Gorst
as Gerald Oliphant
as Gerald Oliphant
Marcelle Rogez
as Marietta
as Marietta
Eric Cowley
as Ferdy Oliphant
as Ferdy Oliphant
Joyce Kennedy
as Mrs. Oliphant
as Mrs. Oliphant
Margaret Rutherford
as Nanny (uncredited)
as Nanny (uncredited)
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J. Elder Wills
Director
Director
H. A. R. Thomson
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Fenn Sherie
Writer
Writer
J. Elder Wills
Producer
Producer
A.W. Osborne
Production Supervisor
Production Supervisor
Eric Ansell
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Douglas Robertson
Editor
Editor
Ingram D'Abbes
Writer
Writer
Brereton Porter
Editor
Editor
Harold V. King
Sound Engineer
Sound Engineer
Arthur Alcott
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Claude McKay
Novel
Novel
Henry Passmore
Producer
Producer
George Stretton
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Cyril Bristow
Cinematography
Cinematography
J. Elder Wills
Art Direction
Art Direction
Jack Beaver
Additional Music
Additional Music
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