

Big Fella
1938 · Movie · 1h 14m
MusicDrama
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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.8/10
Key crew
- J. Elder WillsDirector
- Fenn SherieWriter
- Eric AnsellOriginal Music Composer
- Ingram D'AbbesWriter
Cast
- Paul RobesonJoe
- Elisabeth WelchAmanda 'Manda'
- Roy EmertonSpike
- James HayterChuck
- Lawrence BrownCorney
- Eldon GorstGerald Oliphant
- Marcelle RogezMarietta
- Eric CowleyFerdy Oliphant
- Joyce KennedyMrs. Oliphant
- Margaret RutherfordNanny (uncredited)
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Themes
runawaymusicalracismrich kidrunaway childdockworkerlow budgetrace film























