Juke Joint
The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family!
6.5
4 votes
1947
1h 8m
Comedy
Drama
Overview
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 fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.
Directed by Spencer Williams
Top cast
Spencer Williams
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt WhitneyJ
July Jones
'Cornbread' GreenI
Inez Newell
Louella 'Mama Lou' HolidayL
Leonard Duncan
Samuel 'Papa Sam' HolidayD
Dauphine Moore
Barbara 'Honey Dew' HolidayK
Katherine Moore
Florida HolidayT
Tilford Patterson
Jefferson LeeA
Albert Smith
'High Life' HarrisH
Howard Galloway
'Juke Joint' JohnnyM
Melody Duncan
Melody HolidayR
Red Calhoun
BandleaderDetails
Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 1947
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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