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Way Down South

54 %|Jul 21, 1939|Crime, Music

In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate--including the slaves--at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.

Featured Crew

Langston Hughes
Writer
Leslie Goodwins
Director
Clarence Muse
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Bernard Vorhaus
Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Art Direction
Victor Young
Original Music Composer

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Cast

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Bobby Breen
Timothy Reed Jr.
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Alan Mowbray
Jacques Bouton
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Ralph Morgan
Timothy Reed Sr.
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Steffi Duna
Pauline Dubini
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Clarence Muse
Uncle Caton
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Sally Blane
Claire Bouton
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Edwin Maxwell
Martin Dill
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Robert Greig
Judge Ravenal
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Willie Best
Chimney Sweep
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Stanley Blystone
Slave Auctioneer
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Mildred Boyd
Dancing Slave
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Don Brodie
Slave Buyer
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Ed Cassidy
Slave Trader
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Ruby Elzy
Singer in Hall Johnson Choir
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Louise Franklin
Dancing Slave