6.4Way Down South · 1939
Way Down South (1939) is a Crime / Music film directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan.
6.4Way Down South (1939) is a Crime / Music film directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan.
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.
Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna, Clarence Muse, Sally Blane, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Middleton
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Find a movie by describing itIn 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.
Way Down South was released in 1939.
The cast includes Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna.