Juke Joint

Juke Joint

1/1/1947 1h 8m 5.3/10

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

Top Billed Cast

Spencer Williams

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

July Jones

'Cornbread' Green

Katherine Moore

Florida Holiday

Dauphine Moore

Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

Inez Newell

Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday

Leonard Duncan

Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday

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