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Running Time
1 hour, 21 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox
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• Judge Priest
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Genre: Comedy, Outlaws, Courtroom, Mistaken Identity
Tagline: Enough laughs to make your head spin!
Plot: In a 1972 interview, John Ford claimed that this slice of Americana, starring Will Rogers as the title character, was his favorite among his films. Certainly Rogers rarely found a part better suited to him than that of this humorous, commonsensical small-town justice. Essentially a string of anecdotes connected by the humor of the judge, JUDGE PRIEST features a plot that revolves around the legitimacy of Ellie May Gillespie (Anita Louise), a pretty orphan sought after by the judge's nephew, Rome (Tom Brown), a young lawyer. During a warm (quintessentially Fordian) monologue at his wife's grave, the judge glimpses local blacksmith Bob Gillis (David Landau) putting flowers by the grave of Ellie May's mother. When the aging Gillis gets into a brawl with three young men after they've cast public aspersion on Ellie May's virtue, the leader of the young men, Talley (Frank Melton), takes Gillis to court. Since Rome is defending Gillis, Judge Priest must excuse himself from the process. Despite Rome's best efforts, Gillis refuses to reveal his motives for defending the girl's reputation. Perhaps only Judge Priest can solve the problem. The highlight of this extremely enjoyable character-based comedy is the performance of the great monologuist Rogers, who spreads his wings wide in a role
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| Directed by |
John Ford
The Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Man |
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| Cast |
| Tom Brown
Maytime, Anne of Green Gables, In Old Chicago | Anita Louise
The Little Princess, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Marie Antoinette | | David Landau
Horse Feathers, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, She Done Him Wrong | | Roger Imhof
The Grapes of Wrath, San Francisco, This Gun for Hire | |
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| Music By |
Cyril J. Mockridge
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Miracle on 34th Street, My Darling Clementine |
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