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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.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 58GoodWatch 66
IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 14 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −32 min on the typical 106
typical 10674Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1938
January 3, 1938
88 years ago
Genres
MusicDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 2 moreDirecting · 2
- J. Elder Wills Director, Producer, Art Direction
- Arthur Alcott Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Fenn Sherie Writer
- Ingram D'Abbes Writer
- Claude McKay Novel
Production · 2
- Henry Passmore Producer
- A.W. Osborne Production Supervisor
Camera · 2
- George Stretton Camera Operator
- H. A. R. Thomson Camera Operator
Editing · 2
- Douglas Robertson Editor
- Brereton Porter Editor
Sound · 2
- Eric Ansell Original Music Composer
- Harold V. King Sound Engineer
Other crew · 2
- Jack Beaver Additional Music
- Cyril Bristow Cinematography
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