Mr. Washington Goes to Town
1942
YOU'LL BUST YOUR SIDES A-LAFFIN'
Directed by Jed Buell, William Beaudine
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While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.
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- Directors
- Jed Buell, William Beaudine
- Written by
- Lex Neal, Walter Weems
- Produced by
- James K. Friedrich, Jed Buell, Maceo Bruce Sheffield
- Cinematographer
- Jack Greenhalgh
- Editor
- William Faris
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 5.5/10 (2 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100% Fresh
- IMDb
- 6.2/10 (86 votes)
Cast
Mantan Moreland
Schenectady Washington
F.E. Miller
Wallingford Montgomery
Marguerite Whitten
Lady Queenie
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Brutus Blake
Arthur Ray
J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer
Zerita Stepteau
[as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake
Monte Hawley
Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto
Cleo Desmond
Old Crone Hotel Resident
Clarence Moorehouse
The Gorilla
Vernon McCalla
Invisible Man
John Lester Johnson
Bodyless Head
Florence O'Brien
Chambermaid
Charles Hawkins
Lawyer Goldberg
Johnny Taylor
Johnny the Great
DeForest Covan
Headless Man
Clarence Hargrave
Gorilla Trainer
Walter Knox
Man on Crutches
Geraldine Whitfield
Niece
Crew
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