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Big Fella
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Big Fella 1938 Directed by J. Elder Wills

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.

Country USA
Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Music
Release Date 3 January 1938
74 mins
Cast
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson Joe
Elisabeth Welch
Elisabeth Welch Amanda 'Manda'
Roy Emerton
Roy Emerton Spike
James Hayter
James Hayter Chuck
Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown Corney
Eldon Gorst
Eldon Gorst Gerald Oliphant
Marcelle Rogez
Marcelle Rogez Marietta
Eric Cowley
Eric Cowley Ferdy Oliphant
Joyce Kennedy
Joyce Kennedy Mrs. Oliphant
Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford Nanny (uncredited)
Crew
Director
J. Elder Wills
J. Elder Wills
Writers
Fenn Sherie
Fenn Sherie
Ingram D'Abbes
Ingram D'Abbes
Producers
Henry Passmore
Henry Passmore
J. Elder Wills
J. Elder Wills
A.W. Osborne
A.W. Osborne
Composer
Eric Ansell
Eric Ansell
Editors
Brereton Porter
Brereton Porter
Douglas Robertson
Douglas Robertson
Sound
Harold V. King
Harold V. King
Original Writer
Claude McKay
Claude McKay
Art Direction
J. Elder Wills
J. Elder Wills
Camera Operators
H. A. R. Thomson
H. A. R. Thomson
George Stretton
George Stretton
Assistant Director
Arthur Alcott
Arthur Alcott