Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.
Top Cast
Spencer Williams as Bad News Johnson
July Jones as 'Cornbread' Green
Inez Newell as Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
Leonard Duncan as Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
Dauphine Moore as Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
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