Big Fella
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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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Paul Robeson
Joe
Known for
Show Boat
Elisabeth Welch
Amanda 'Manda'
Known for
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Arabian Adventure
Roy Emerton
Spike
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
James Hayter
Chuck
Known for
The Crimson Pirate
Oliver!
Lawrence Brown
Corney
Also in
Jericho
Eldon Gorst
Gerald Oliphant
Also in
The Exile
The Mill on the Floss
Marcelle Rogez
Marietta
Also in
Cotton Queen
Crimson Dynasty
Eric Cowley
Ferdy Oliphant
Also in
The Price of Wisdom
Hampton Court Palace
Joyce Kennedy
Mrs. Oliphant
Also in
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
The Man from Chicago
Margaret Rutherford
Nanny (uncredited)
Known for
Murder She Said
Chimes at Midnight
J. Elder Wills Director · Ingram D'Abbes Writer Fenn Sherie Writer
First release June 16, 1937 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production British Lion Films
Production
Beaconsfield Productions
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British Lion Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 16, 1937
Premiere · London
United Kingdom · January 3, 1938
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
April 18, 1947 · Theatrical
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