movie backdrop
Juke Joint

Juke Joint

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1947

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

53%

Original Title

Juke Joint

Production Companies

Sack Amusement Enterprises

Director

Spencer Williams

Description

Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.