Mr. Washington Goes to Town

Mr. Washington Goes to Town

YOU'LL BUST YOUR SIDES A-LAFFIN'

1942•1h 4m•3.0/10

ComedyFantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.0/10(1)

While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.

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Production

Dixie National Pictures Inc.

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

Schenectady Washington

F.E. Miller

F.E. Miller

Wallingford Montgomery

Marguerite Whitten

Lady Queenie

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Brutus Blake

Arthur Ray

J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer

Zerita Stepteau

[as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake

Monte Hawley

Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto

Cleo Desmond

Old Crone Hotel Resident

Clarence Moorehouse

The Gorilla

Vernon McCalla

Invisible Man

John Lester Johnson

Bodyless Head

Florence O'Brien

Florence O'Brien

Chambermaid

Charles Hawkins

Lawyer Goldberg

Johnny Taylor

Johnny the Great

DeForest Covan

DeForest Covan

Headless Man

Clarence Hargrave

Gorilla Trainer

Walter Knox

Man on Crutches

Geraldine Whitfield

Niece

Nathan Curry

Nathan Curry

Policeman

Henry Hastings

Uncle Utica

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