The Sun Shines Bright

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-05-02

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (744 Reviews)

Director:

John Ford

Genres:

Comedy Drama Western

Cast:

Charles Winninger Arleen Whelan John Russell Stepin Fetchit

Writer:

Laurence Stallings (screenplay)

Irvin S. Cobb (short stories "The Sun Shines Bright"

"The Mob from Massac" and "The Lord Provides")

Fullplot:

John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.

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