Beale Street Mama
0
60 minutes
1/1/1946
Overview
The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.
Cast List
July Jones
as July Jones
Spencer Williams
as Bad News Johnson
Rosalie Larrimore
as Mathilda Mae Grimes
Howard Galloway
as Pretty Boy Brown
J.W. (John) Hemmings
as Chief of Police
Montgne McCormy
as Hazel Smith
Mary Louise Stevens
as Rosie Scott
George T. Sutton
as Detective
Allen and Allen
as Entertainers
Joyce McElrath
as Entertainer
Don Albert
as Himself, Band Leader