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Juke Joint

53 %|Jan 1, 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

Spencer Williams
Director
True T. Thompson
Writer
Julian Julliene
Costume Designer
Bert Goldberg
Producer
Red Calhoun
Music
True T. Thompson
Technical Advisor
George Sanderson
Director of Photography
Alfred N. Sack
Executive Producer

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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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Katherine Moore
Florida Holiday
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Tilford Patterson
Jefferson Lee
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Albert Smith
'High Life' Harris
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Howard Galloway
'Juke Joint' Johnny
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Melody Duncan
Melody Holiday
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Red Calhoun
Bandleader