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Big Fella

1938★ 7.3 · 71h 14mMusicDrama

Overview

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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Cast

Margaret Rutherford
as Nanny (uncredited)

James Hayter
as Chuck

Paul Robeson
as Joe

Roy Emerton
as Spike

Joyce Kennedy
as Mrs. Oliphant

Eldon Gorst
as Gerald Oliphant

Marcelle Rogez
as Marietta

Elisabeth Welch
as Amanda 'Manda'

Eric Cowley
as Ferdy Oliphant

Lawrence Brown
as Corney

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Release date: 1938-01-03

Runtime: 1h 14m

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