03 January 1938 Drama, Music 74 mins
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Gerald escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer, who offers a refuge from his repressed white parents.
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Paul Robeson as Joe
Elisabeth Welch as Amanda 'Manda'
Roy Emerton as Spike
James Hayter as Chuck
Lawrence Brown as Corney
Eldon Gorst as Gerald Oliphant
Marcelle Rogez as Marietta
Eric Cowley as Ferdy Oliphant
Joyce Kennedy as Mrs. Oliphant
Margaret Rutherford as Nanny (uncredited)
J. Elder Wills Director
Claude McKay Novel
Ingram D'Abbes Writer
Fenn Sherie Writer
J. Elder Wills Producer
Henry Passmore Producer
Cyril Bristow Cinematography
Eric Ansell Original Music Composer
Brereton Porter Editor
Douglas Robertson Editor
Belgium 18 April 1947
United Kingdom 03 January 1938
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