Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1942)

Director: Jed Buell

While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.

Cast

Mantan Moreland

Schenectady Washington

F.E. Miller

Wallingford Montgomery

Marguerite Whitten

Lady Queenie

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Brutus Blake

Arthur Ray

J. Bennington Blackstone, crooked lawyer

Zerita Stepteau

[as Zerita Steptoe] Mrs. Blake

Monte Hawley

Jose Don Juan Romero Jefferson Stiletto

Cleo Desmond

Old Crone Hotel Resident

Clarence Moorehouse

The Gorilla

Vernon McCalla

Invisible Man