Juke Joint
★ 6.5·1947·1h 8min·Comedy and Drama
The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family!
Overview
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.
- Director
- Spencer Williams
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Jan 1, 1947)
Where to watch
- With a subscription
- Free
- Free with ads
- Buy or rent
Cast
11 people
Spencer WilliamsBad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney- JJJuly Jones'Cornbread' Green
- INInez NewellLouella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
- LDLeonard DuncanSamuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
- DMDauphine MooreBarbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
- KMKatherine MooreFlorida Holiday
- TPTilford PattersonJefferson Lee
- ASAlbert Smith'High Life' Harris
- HGHoward Galloway'Juke Joint' Johnny
- MDMelody DuncanMelody Holiday
- RCRed CalhounBandleader
