Beale Street Mama 1946 Directed by Spencer Williams

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Comedy
Production Company Hollywood Pictures Corporation
Release Date 1 January 1946
60 mins
Cast
July Jones July Jones
Spencer Williams Bad News Johnson
Rosalie Larrimore Mathilda Mae Grimes
Howard Galloway Pretty Boy Brown
J.W. (John) Hemmings Chief of Police
Montgne McCormy Hazel Smith
Allen and Allen Entertainers
Joyce McElrath Entertainer
Don Albert Himself, Band Leader
Crew
Director
Producer