Go Down Death
The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother interferes.
The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother interferes.
Spencer Williams
Big Jim Bottoms
Myra D. Hemmings
Caroline "Mama Carrie" Bottoms
Samuel H. James
Jasper the Preacher
Eddye L. Houston
Amos Droughan
Walter McMillion
Irene Campbell
Charlie Washington
Helen Butler
The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother interferes.
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