Way Down South

Directed by Bernard Vorhaus and Leslie Goodwins
1939    61m    Passed
5.5
In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate--including the slaves--at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.
Cast of Way Down South
  • Bobby BreenTimothy Reed Jr.
  • Alan MowbrayJacques Bouton
  • Ralph MorganTimothy Reed Sr.
  • Steffi DunaPauline Dubini
  • Clarence MuseUncle Caton
  • Sally BlaneClaire Bouton
  • Edwin MaxwellMartin Dill
  • Charles MiddletonCass
  • Robert GreigJudge Ravenal
  • Lillian YarboJanie
  • Matthew BeardGumbo
  • Willie BestChimney Sweep
  • Stanley BlystoneSlave Auctioneer
  • Mildred BoydDancing Slave
  • Don BrodieSlave Buyer
  • Jack CarrLuke
  • Ed CassidySlave Trader
  • Jack ClisbyServant
  • Charles DixonDrummer
  • Ruby ElzySinger in Hall Johnson Choir
  • Louise FranklinDancing Slave
  • Lillian RandolphSlave
  • Blue WashingtonSlave
  • Marguerite WhittenLulu
  • Freddie JacksonServant
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