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Mr. Washington Goes to Town(1942)

5.5(2)
1h 4m
1942-05-09

While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.

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Keywords

hoteldreamsgorillacrooked lawyer
disembodied head
inheritance
all black cast
loan shark
beautician
jailed
jealous wife
chase scene
vanishing man
headless man
jewish accented black man
strange people

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Top Cast

Mantan Moreland
Mantan Moreland
Schenectady Washington
F.E. Miller
F.E. Miller
Wallingford Montgomery
No Photo
Marguerite Whitten
Lady Queenie
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Brutus Blake
No Photo
Arthur Ray
J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer
No Photo
Zerita Stepteau
[as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake
No Photo
Monte Hawley
Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto
No Photo
Cleo Desmond
Old Crone Hotel Resident
No Photo
Clarence Moorehouse
The Gorilla
No Photo
Vernon McCalla
Invisible Man
No Photo
John Lester Johnson
Bodyless Head
Florence O'Brien
Florence O'Brien
Chambermaid
No Photo
Charles Hawkins
Lawyer Goldberg
No Photo
Johnny Taylor
Johnny the Great
DeForest Covan
DeForest Covan
Headless Man