Juke Joint

1h 8min

Comedy

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.

Cast

Spencer Williams

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
July Jones

July Jones

'Cornbread' Green
Inez Newell

Inez Newell

Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
Leonard Duncan

Leonard Duncan

Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
Dauphine Moore

Dauphine Moore

Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
Katherine Moore

Katherine Moore

Florida Holiday
Tilford Patterson

Tilford Patterson

Jefferson Lee
Albert Smith

Albert Smith

'High Life' Harris
Howard Galloway

Howard Galloway

'Juke Joint' Johnny
Melody Duncan

Melody Duncan

Melody Holiday
Red Calhoun

Red Calhoun

Bandleader

Release date

1st Jan 1947

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English