Big Fella (1938)
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.
Director: J. Elder Wills
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Paul Robeson as Joe |
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Elisabeth Welch as Amanda 'Manda' |
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Roy Emerton as Spike |
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James Hayter as Chuck |
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Lawrence Brown as Corney |
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Eldon Gorst as Gerald Oliphant |
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Marcelle Rogez as Marietta |
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Eric Cowley as Ferdy Oliphant |
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Joyce Kennedy as Mrs. Oliphant |
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Margaret Rutherford as Nanny (uncredited) |
| Directing | J. Elder Wills | Director |
| Writing | Claude McKay | Novel |
| Writing | Ingram D'Abbes | Writer |
| Writing | Fenn Sherie | Writer |
| Production | J. Elder Wills | Producer |
| Production | Henry Passmore | Producer |
| Crew | Cyril Bristow | Cinematography |
| Sound | Eric Ansell | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Brereton Porter | Editor |
| Editing | Douglas Robertson | Editor |
| Art | J. Elder Wills | Art Direction |
| Crew | Jack Beaver | Additional Music |
| Camera | George Stretton | Camera Operator |
| Camera | H. A. R. Thomson | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Arthur Alcott | Assistant Director |
| Production | A.W. Osborne | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Harold V. King | Sound Engineer |
