Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1942)
1h 4m
Running Time
May 9, 1942Release Date
Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1942)
1h 4m
Running Time
May 9, 1942Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Mantan Moreland
Schenectady Washington
F.E. Miller
Wallingford Montgomery
Marguerite Whitten
Lady Queenie
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Brutus Blake / Producer
Arthur Ray
J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer
Zerita Stepteau
[as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake
Monte Hawley
Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto
Zerita Steptean
Mrs. Brutus
Cleo Desmond
Old Crone Hotel Resident
Clarence Moorehouse
The Gorilla
Vernon McCalla
Invisible Man
John Lester Johnson
Bodyless Head
Florence O'Brien
Chambermaid
Charles Hawkins
Lawyer Goldberg
Johnny Taylor
Johnny the Great
DeForest Covan
Headless Man
Clarence Hargrave
Gorilla Trainer
Walter Knox
Man on Crutches
Geraldine Whitfield
Niece
Nathan Curry
Policeman
Fred Preble
ProductionDesigner
Henry Hastings
Uncle Utica
Sam Warren
Hotel Barber
Slick Garrison
Barber Customer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 9, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 4m
Content RatingNR
Budget$15,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
dream
all black cast
jailed
hotel
gorilla
crooked lawyer
disembodied head
inheritance
loan shark
beautician
jealous wife
chase scene
vanishing man
headless man
jewish accented black man
strange people
Wiki.
Mr. Washington Goes to Town is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and Jed Buell, and starring F. E. Miller, Mantan Moreland and Maceo Bruce Sheffield. The film was marketed primarily to black audiences and written and filmed in six days.
Later in 1942, the film's sequel Lucky Ghost was produced and released.