Mr. Washington Goes to Town
YOU'LL BUST YOUR SIDES A-LAFFIN'
1942 | 64m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Jed Buell, William Beaudine |
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| Writer: | Walter Weems, Lex Neal |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 09, 1942 |
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| Director: | Jed Buell, William Beaudine |
| Writer: | Walter Weems, Lex Neal |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | hotel, gorilla, crooked lawyer, disembodied head, inheritance, all black cast, loan shark, beautician, jailed, jealous wife, chase scene, vanishing man, headless man, jewish accented black man, strange people |
| Production Companies | Dixie National Pictures Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $15,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Mantan Moreland | Schenectady Washington |
| F.E. Miller | Wallingford Montgomery |
| Marguerite Whitten | Lady Queenie |
| Maceo Bruce Sheffield | Brutus Blake |
| Arthur Ray | J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer |
| Zerita Stepteau | [as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake |
| Monte Hawley | Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto |
| 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 |
| Henry Hastings | Uncle Utica |
| Sam Warren | Hotel Barber |
| Slick Garrison | Barber Customer |
| Edward Boyd | Cowboy (rides through lobby) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Walter Weems | Story, Screenplay |
| Jed Buell | Director |
| William Faris | Editor |
| Jack Greenhalgh | Director of Photography |
| Lex Neal | Screenplay |
| William Beaudine | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jed Buell | Producer |
| James K. Friedrich | Producer |
| Maceo Bruce Sheffield | Producer |
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