Movie

Big Fella

Released: January 3, 1938 (1938)

Runtime: 74 minutes

Genres: Music, Drama

Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Gerald escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer, who offers a refuge from his repressed white parents.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Eric Cowley as Ferdy Oliphant
Age at release: 53
Roy Emerton as Spike
Age at release: 45
Margaret Rutherford as Nanny (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
Paul Robeson as Joe
Age at release: 39
Joyce Kennedy as Mrs. Oliphant
Age at release: 39
Elisabeth Welch as Amanda 'Manda'
Age at release: 33
James Hayter as Chuck
Age at release: 30
Marcelle Rogez as Marietta
Age at release: 28
Lawrence Brown as Corney
Age at release: Unknown
Eldon Gorst as Gerald Oliphant
Age at release: Unknown