Big Fella

Big Fella

1938
1h 14m
7.0

7.0/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Music Drama
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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Beaconsfield Productions British Lion Films
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

runaway musical racism rich kid runaway child dockworker low budget race film

Quick Facts

Release Date January 3, 1938
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0028629

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)

Key Crew

J. Elder Wills
Director
Fenn Sherie
Writer
J. Elder Wills
Producer
Ingram D'Abbes
Writer
Henry Passmore
Producer