Big Fella
1938 | 74m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | J. Elder Wills |
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| Writer: | Ingram D'Abbes, Claude McKay, Fenn Sherie |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 03, 1938 |
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| Director: | J. Elder Wills |
| Writer: | Ingram D'Abbes, Claude McKay, Fenn Sherie |
| Genres: | Drama, Music |
| Keywords | runaway, musical, racism, rich kid, runaway child, dockworker, low budget, race film |
| Production Companies | British Lion Films, Beaconsfield Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 27, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Robeson | Joe |
| Elisabeth Welch | Amanda 'Manda' |
| Roy Emerton | Spike |
| James Hayter | Chuck |
| Lawrence Brown | Corney |
| Eldon Gorst | Gerald Oliphant |
| Marcelle Rogez | Marietta |
| Eric Cowley | Ferdy Oliphant |
| Joyce Kennedy | Mrs. Oliphant |
| Margaret Rutherford | Nanny (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| J. Elder Wills | Art Direction, Director |
| Ingram D'Abbes | Writer |
| Cyril Bristow | Cinematography |
| Brereton Porter | Editor |
| George Stretton | Camera Operator |
| Arthur Alcott | Assistant Director |
| Harold V. King | Sound Engineer |
| Claude McKay | Novel |
| Fenn Sherie | Writer |
| Eric Ansell | Original Music Composer |
| Douglas Robertson | Editor |
| Jack Beaver | Additional Music |
| H. A. R. Thomson | Camera Operator |
| A.W. Osborne | Production Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| J. Elder Wills | Producer |
| Henry Passmore | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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