Judge Priest (1934)

Directors

John Ford

Cast

Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall, David Landau, Rochelle Hudson, Roger Imhof, Frank Melton, Charley Grapewin, Berton Churchill, Brenda Fowler, Francis Ford, Hattie McDaniel, Stepin’ Fetchit

The story

thumb|The full film Personable Judge Priest (Will Rogers), known to his contemporaries as "Billy", presides over court in Fairfield, Kentucky, in 1890; Jeff Poindexter is accused of chicken theft. Senator Horace Maydew, a rival in an election bid to the judge's seat, is the prosecuting attorney in Jeff's case. After some distraction by Priest and the court onlookers, Jeff is found innocent.

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