Status
Released
Release
1948
Runtime
1h 13m
"SWINGING SINGING... DYNAMITE DANCING... ...AND KILLER COMEDY!"
An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.
13 Cast Members
Dusty Fletcher
Dusty (as Dusty 'Open the Door Richard' Fletcher)
George Wiltshire
Dumdone, the Manager
Butterfly McQueen
Butterfly
Nellie Hill
Lola, His Fiancée
Freddie Robinson
Sarge
Edgar Martin
Policeman
Sidney Easton
Policeman (as Sid Easton)
Augustus Smith
Stage Hand (as Gus Smith)
Moms Mabley
Self (as Jackie Mabley)
Ken Renard
The Great Voodoo
Nat King Cole
Self (as King Cole Trio)
Patterson and Jackson
Themselves
William Campbell
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