Big Fella

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.

Cast

Paul Robeson

Played Joe
Elisabeth Welch

Played Amanda 'Manda'
Roy Emerton

Played Spike
James Hayter

Played Chuck
Lawrence Brown

Played Corney
Eldon Gorst

Played Gerald Oliphant
Marcelle Rogez

Played Marietta
Eric Cowley

Played Ferdy Oliphant
Joyce Kennedy

Played Mrs. Oliphant
Margaret Rutherford

Played Nanny (uncredited)

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