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Big Fella is a 1937 British musical drama film directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch and Roy Emerton. It is loosely based on the novel Banjo by Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay.
Big Fella: Directed by J. Elder Wills. With Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton, James Hayter. In this musical comedy, Paul Robeson stars as Joe, a Marseilles docker hired by a wealthy English couple to find their missing son.
- (212)
- Drama, Musical
- J. Elder Wills
- 1939
Oct 19, 2012 · Big Fella is set on the docks and streets of Marseilles. Paul Robeson stars in the leading role, as a street-wise but honest dockworker who struggles with deep issues of integrity and human...
- 71 min
- 44K
- The Riverbends Channel
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.
- J. Elder Wills
- 6
In this musical comedy, Paul Robeson stars as Joe, a dockworker in Marseille and his friend a local singer Amanda, shelter a runaway boy who doesn't...
- 71 min
- 7.5K
- Cult Cinema Classics
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Big Fella (1937) Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton | Full Movie, subtitles. Joe, a Marseilles docker, is hired by a wealthy English couple to find their missing son. When Joe finds...
- 71 min
- 15.2K
- Cult Cinema Classics