poster

1939

(05/12/1939) (US)

Romance, Drama, Crime

1h 9m

37

User Score

Overview

Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.

1939

37

User Score

(05/12/1939) (US)

Romance, Drama, Crime

1h 9m

Overview

Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.

Cast

Buddy Harris

Buddy Harris

Dollar Bill

Mercedes Gilbert

Mercedes Gilbert

Jackie's mother

Walter Richardson

Walter Richardson

Brother Hornsby

John Bunn

John Bunn

Wallstreet

Marieluise Bechet

Marieluise Bechet

Nina Mae Brown

Archie Cross

Archie Cross

A Boy from Newark

William Woodward

William Woodward

A Boy from Newark

Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet

Himself - Clarinetist