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The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family!
6.5 / 10 IMDb January 1, 1947 1h 8m
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.
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Runtime
1h 8m
Release Date
January 1, 1947
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Producers
Cast

Spencer Williams
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
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July Jones
as 'Cornbread' Green
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Inez Newell
as Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
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Leonard Duncan
as Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
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Dauphine Moore
as Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
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Katherine Moore
as Florida Holiday
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Tilford Patterson
as Jefferson Lee
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Albert Smith
as 'High Life' Harris
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Howard Galloway
as 'Juke Joint' Johnny
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Melody Duncan
as Melody Holiday
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Red Calhoun
as Bandleader
Production Companies
Sack Amusement Enterprises
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