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Big Fella

In the movie, Paul Robeson plays Joe, a Marseilles docker, who sets out to find a missing son for a wealthy English couple, but his search leads him to discover that the young man had actually escaped on his own. Instead, Joe takes him under his wing and brings him to stay with a local singer.

Paul Robeson stars as Joe, a Marseilles docker who searches for a missing son for a wealthy English couple, only to discover the boy escaped on his own and takes him in with a local singer, offering a refuge from his repressive white parents.

Info about Big Fella

Studio(s): Beaconsfield Productions, British Lion Films

Originally Released: United States, Jan 03, 1938

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama, Musical