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Big Fella (1937) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
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- Drama, Musical
- J. Elder Wills
- 1939
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.
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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.
Big Fella. 1h 13m 1937. Overview. Credits. Film Details.
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