Way Down South
5.3
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.
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Bobby Breen
Timothy Reed Jr.
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Leslie Goodwins Director · Bernard Vorhaus Director Clarence Muse Writer
United States release July 21, 1939 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
Production
Sol Lesser Productions
Production
RKO
Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 21, 1939
Theatrical
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