The Sun Shines Bright
“JUDGE BILLY PRIEST...the only man who ever called Mallie Crump a Lady”
1953•NR•1h 42m•6.6•Released
ComedyDrama
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.
Director
John Ford
Writer
Laurence Stallings
Languages
German, English
Studio
Argosy Pictures
Cast
Charles Winninger
William Pittman Priest
Arleen Whelan
Lucy Lee Lake
John Russell
Ashby Corwin
Stepin Fetchit
Jeff Poindexter
Russell Simpson
Lewt Lake
Ludwig Stössel
Herman Felsburg
Francis Ford
Feeney
Paul Hurst
Jimmy Bagby
Mitchell Lewis
Andy Redcliffe
Grant Withers
Buck Ramsey
Milburn Stone
Horace K. Maydew
Dorothy Jordan
Lucy Lee's Mother
Elzie Emanuel
U.S. Grant 'You Ess' Woodford
Henry O'Neill
Joe D. Habersham
Slim Pickens
Sterling
Production
Company
Argosy Pictures
Company
Republic Pictures
Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
John Ford
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