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Big Fella

Big Fella

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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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1938-01-03
⌚ Running Time: 74 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.0

Beloved Cast

Paul Robeson original image
Joe
Paul Robeson
Elisabeth Welch original image
Amanda 'Manda'
Elisabeth Welch
Roy Emerton original image
Spike
Roy Emerton
James Hayter original image
Chuck
James Hayter
Lawrence Brown original image
Corney
Lawrence Brown
Eldon Gorst original image
Gerald Oliphant
Eldon Gorst
Marcelle Rogez original image
Marietta
Marcelle Rogez
Eric Cowley original image
Ferdy Oliphant
Eric Cowley
Joyce Kennedy original image
Mrs. Oliphant
Joyce Kennedy
Margaret Rutherford original image
Nanny (uncredited)
Margaret Rutherford

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