The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

JUDGE BILLY PRIEST...the only man who ever called Mallie Crump a Lady

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

Date of release
1953-05-02
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (53)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
John Ford

Casting

Interesting facts

The Sun Shines Bright is a 1953 American comedy-drama Western film directed by John Ford, based on material taken from a series of Irvin S. Cobb "Judge Priest" short stories featured in The Saturday Evening Post in the 1910s, specifically "The Sun Shines Bright", "The Mob from Massac", and "The Lord Provides".

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