1947, comedy, drama
68 minutes
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...
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
'Cornbread' Green
Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
Florida Holiday
Jefferson Lee
'High Life' Harris
'Juke Joint' Johnny
Melody Holiday
Bandleader
Property master
Director
Executive producer
Producer
Writer
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