Go Down Death

Go Down Death

Go Down Death

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Go Down Death

1944

0h 56m

3.2(11 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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Spencer Williams

Big Jim Bottoms

Spencer Williams

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Myra D. Hemmings

Caroline "Mama Carrie" Bottoms

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Samuel H. James

Jasper the Preacher

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Eddye L. Houston

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Amos Droughan

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Walter McMillion

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Irene Campbell

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Charlie Washington

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Helen Butler

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Dolly Jones

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Jimmie Green

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