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Big Fella

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1938-01-03

Runtime: 74 mins

Director: J. Elder Wills

Writer: Ingram D'Abbes, Fenn Sherie

Spoken language: English

Genres: Music, Drama

Original title: Big Fella

Production Companies: Beaconsfield Productions, British Lion Films

Production Countries: United Kingdom

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