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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
James Kirkwood
General Fairfield
Ernest Whitman
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Trevor Bardette
Rufe Ramseur
Eve March
Mallie Cramp
Hal Baylor
Rufe Ramseur Jr.
Jane Darwell
Aurora Ratchitt
Ken Williams
Maydew's Henchman
Clarence Muse
Uncle Zack
Mae Marsh
GAR Woman at the Ball
Wilbur Mack
Party Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Townsman (uncredited)
Patrick Wayne
Cadet (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Deputy (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jan 05 2025

"Priest" (Charles Winninger) is a Kentucky judge who is coming up for re-election and it's going to be a tough challenge. The town is divided roughly along the lines of an old Civil war mentality, congenially enough amongst the white folks but still consigning the black population to their traditional societal sub-strata. The judge's chances of winning become distinctly precarious when he intervenes in one case where a lawless bunch are apt to lynch a young man for an alleged crime against a white girl. Their evidence seems predicated solely on the racket caused by their bloodhounds and this is...