Beale Street Mama

Overview

The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.

Cast

July Jones

July Jones

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson

Rosalie Larrimore

Mathilda Mae Grimes

Howard Galloway

Pretty Boy Brown

J.W. (John) Hemmings

Chief of Police

Montgne McCormy

Hazel Smith

Mary Louise Stevens

Rosie Scott

George T. Sutton

Detective

Allen and Allen

Entertainers

Joyce McElrath

Entertainer