Beale Street Mama (1946)

Wives, lock up your husbands! Husbands, run for your lives!

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 (11)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

J

July Jones

July Jones

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson

R

Rosalie Larrimore

Mathilda Mae Grimes

H

Howard Galloway

Pretty Boy Brown

J

J.W. (John) Hemmings

Chief of Police

M

Montgne McCormy

Hazel Smith

M

Mary Louise Stevens

Rosie Scott

G

George T. Sutton

Detective

A

Allen and Allen

Entertainers

J

Joyce McElrath

Entertainer

D

Don Albert

Himself, Band Leader

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