Juke Joint (1947)

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68 min - Comedy | Drama

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Two insolvent con men get involved in a small town beauty contest.

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Complete credited cast:
	Spencer Williams	...	Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
	July Jones	...	'Cornbread' Green
	Inez Newell	...	Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
	Leonard Duncan	...	Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
	Dauphine Moore	...	Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
	Melody Duncan	...	Melody Holiday
	Katherine Moore	...	Florida Holiday
	Tilford Patterson	...	Jefferson Lee
	Albert Smith	...	'High Life' Harris
	Howard Galloway	...	'Juke Joint' Johnny
	Clifford Beamon	...	Jackson, the bartender
	Frances McHugh	...	Waitress
	Don Gilbert	...	Master of Ceremonies
	Red Calhoun	...	Bandleader
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Hitch-hiking conmen Bad News Johnson and July Jones arrive in a Midwestern small town with a capital of 25 cents. Taking a room with Mama Lou, whose daughter is entered in a local beauty contest, they pose as Hollywood actors who can train Honey Dew in stagecraft. Meanwhile, Mama's other daughter Florida prepares to elope to Chicago with Johnny, owner of the Juke Joint...where, after a jitterbug contest, Mama herself takes a hand. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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