Way Down South (1939)
3.0 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 2min
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- Synopsis:
- In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate - including the slaves - at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.
- Actors:
- Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna, Clarence Muse, Sally Blane, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Middleton, Robert Greig, Lillian Yarbo, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Hall Johnson Choir, Willie Best, Stanley Blystone, Mildred Boyd, Don Brodie, Jack Carr, Ed Cassidy, Jack Clisby, Charles Dixon
- Directors:
- Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus
- Writers:
- Clarence Muse, Langston Hughes
- Others:
- Victor Young
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals
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