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WeakGoodWatch scoreSummary
Hitchhiking conmen Bad News Johnson and July Jones arrive in Texas. A group of talented hopefuls vie for a coveted crown in a jitterbug contest.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 56GoodWatch 40
IMDb5.6
Running time
1 h 8 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −32 min on the typical 100
typical 10068Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 137 countries
+127Released
1947
January 1, 1947
79 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
11 people
- Spencer WilliamsBad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
- JJJuly Jones'Cornbread' Green
- INInez NewellLouella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
- LDLeonard DuncanSamuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
- DMDauphine MooreBarbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
- KMKatherine MooreFlorida Holiday
- TPTilford PattersonJefferson Lee
- ASAlbert Smith'High Life' Harris
- HGHoward Galloway'Juke Joint' Johnny
- MDMelody DuncanMelody Holiday
- RCRed CalhounBandleader
Directing · 1
- Spencer Williams Director
Writing · 1
- True T. Thompson Writer, Technical Advisor
Production · 2
- Alfred N. Sack Executive Producer, Presenter
- Bert Goldberg Producer
Camera · 1
- George Sanderson Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Red Calhoun Music
- Richard E. Byers Sound Engineer
- George Randolf Music Director
Art · 1
- Arthur Kendall Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Farilla McGowan Makeup & Hair
- Julian Julliene Costume Designer
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