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Juke Joint

53% | Jan 01, 1947 | Comedy, Drama

Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.

Featured Crew

True T. Thompson
Writer
Spencer Williams
Director

Cast

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Spencer Williams
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
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July Jones
'Cornbread' Green
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Inez Newell
Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
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Leonard Duncan
Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
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Dauphine Moore
Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

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