Summaries

In this musical comedy, Paul Robeson stars as Joe, a Marseilles docker hired by a wealthy English couple to find their missing son. When Joe finds him, he learns he escaped of his own will, and takes him to stay with a local singer. They offer him a refuge from his repressed white parents.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • kidnapping
  • gun
  • marseille france
  • travel
  • frame up
Genres
  • Drama
  • Musical
Release date Jan 2, 1938
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations British Lion Studios, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production companies Beaconsfield Productions

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 13m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

A wanderer (Paul Robeson) and his friend (Elisabeth Welch) shelter a runaway who doesn't wish to return to his parents.

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