
Beale Street Mama
January 1, 1946•1h 0m•★ 9.0
Comedy
“Wives, lock up your husbands! Husbands, run for your lives!”
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.
Director
Spencer WilliamsCast
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July Jones
July Jones

Spencer Williams
Bad News Johnson
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Rosalie Larrimore
Mathilda Mae Grimes
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Howard Galloway
Pretty Boy Brown
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J.W. (John) Hemmings
Chief of Police
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Montgne McCormy
Hazel Smith
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Mary Louise Stevens
Rosie Scott
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George T. Sutton
Detective
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Allen and Allen
Entertainers
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Joyce McElrath
Entertainer
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Don Albert
Himself, Band Leader