Hallelujah
1929 · Movie · 99 min · ★ 6.7
A bar room brawl tragedy turns a sharecropper into a preacher who becomes torn between a jazz singing vamp and the woman who truly loves him.
Also known as Hallelujah!
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Details
- Years
- 1929
- Release date
- 1929-08-20
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (39 votes)
Themes
- hustler
- musical
- game of dice
- femme fatale
- preacher
- all black cast
- death of brother
- loaded dice
- cotton picker
- woman seduces a man
- moral corruption
- con couple
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Director · nominated
Cast & crew
Daniel L. Haynes
as Zeke
Nina Mae McKinney
as Chick
William Fountaine
as Hot Shot
- HG
Harry Gray
as Pappy "Parson" Johnson
- FD
Fanny Belle DeKnight
as Mammy
- EM
Everett McGarrity
as Spunk
- VS
Victoria Spivey
as Missy Rose
- MD
Milton Dickerson
as Johnson Kid
- RC
Robert Couch
as Johnson Kid
- WT
Walter Tait
as Johnson Kid
Directed by King Vidor