Will Rogers Tom Brown Henry B. Walthall Hattie McDaniel Stepin Fetchit
Cinematography
George Schneiderman
Edited by
Paul Weatherwax
Music by
Cyril J. Mockridge Samuel Kaylin (uncredited)
Production company
Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by
Fox Film Corporation
Release date
September 28, 1934 (1934-09-28)
Running time
80 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$1.176 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]
Judge Priest is a 1934 American comedy film starring Will Rogers. The film was directed by John Ford,[2] produced by Sol M. Wurtzel in association with Fox Film, and based on humorist Irvin S. Cobb's character Judge Priest. The picture is set in post-reconstruction Kentucky and the supporting cast features Henry B. Walthall, Hattie McDaniel and Stepin Fetchit.[3] It was remade by Ford in 1953 as The Sun Shines Bright.
^Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-166. ISSN 0042-2738.
^Matheson, Sue (2019). The John Ford Encyclopedia. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 165-166. ISBN 9781538103821.
^"Judge Priest". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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