Big Fella

Jan 3 1938 N/A 1h 13m
Drama, Musical

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.

Plot

In this musical comedy, Paul Robeson stars as Joe, a Marseilles docker hired by a wealthy English couple to find their missing son. When Joe finds him, he learns he escaped of his own will, and takes him to stay with a local singer. They offer him a refuge from his repressed white parents.

Written by

Ingram D'Abbes, Claude McKay, Fenn Sherie

Directed by

J. Elder Wills

Cast

Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Beaconsfield Productions, British Lion Films

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
219
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA