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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Irvin S. Cobb (character "Judge Priest")
Dudley Nichols (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 September 1934 (USA) more
Tagline:
Mellow as a mint julep and twice as refreshing. more
Plot:
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky. full summary | add synopsis
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Will Rogers' Dixie Drama more (16 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Will Rogers | ... | Judge William 'Billy' Priest |
 | Tom Brown | ... | Jerome Priest |
| Anita Louise | ... | Ellie May Gillespie |
| Henry B. Walthall | ... | Reverend Ashby Brand |
| David Landau | ... | Bob Gillis |
| Rochelle Hudson | ... | Virginia Maydew |
| Roger Imhof | ... | Billy Gaynor |
| Frank Melton | ... | Flem Talley |
| Charley Grapewin | ... | Sergeant Jimmy Bagby |
| Berton Churchill | ... | Senator Horace Maydew |
| Brenda Fowler | ... | Mrs. Caroline Priest |
| Francis Ford | ... | Juror No. 12 |
 | Hattie McDaniel | ... | Aunt Dilsey (as Hattie McDaniels) |
| Stepin Fetchit | ... | Jeff Poindexter |
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Runtime:
80 min (copyright length)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Approved (PCA #111) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
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Working title was "Judge Old Priest". more
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[first lines]
Judge William 'Billy' Priest:
Hear! Hear! Hear! Court's called to order!
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Featured in Directed by John Ford (1971) more
Soundtrack:
Aunt Dilsey's Improvisation more
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Will Rogers stars in this backward glance at life in a small town of the deep South at the end of the 19th century, with its pleasures & joys, bigotries & suspicions.
Will is the local judge & champion of the social pariahs, not hesitant to stick his neck out to make a point or puncture a pompous ego. His unique brand of homespun humor is given ample scope to tickle our funny bone.
This is one of three films Will made with director John Ford, a remarkable collaboration. Others in the cast include Henry B. Walthal, Hattie McDaniel, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Stepin Fetchit, Berton Churchill, Charley Grapewin & Rochelle Hudson.
There is some racial stereotyping in the film, not at all unusual for 1934 Hollywood.