Juke Joint (1947)

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Audience Score
53
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NR 1 hr 8 minJan 1st, 1947Comedy, 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.
StarringSpencer WilliamsJuly JonesInez Newell
DirectorSpencer Williams
WriterTrue T. Thompson

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1947 - Buy Tickets
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Alfred N. Sack
Production Companies:Sack Amusement Enterprises
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