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Hallelujah (1929)

1929 · Feature film · 99 min · dir. King Vidor

HEAR AND SEE 100 JUBILEE SINGERS!

  • Music
  • Drama

Synopsis

In a juke joint, sharecropper Zeke falls for a beautiful dancer, Chick, but she's only setting him up for a rigged craps game. He loses $100, the money he got for the sale of his family's entire cotton crop. His brother Spunk is mortally wounded in the shoot-out which follows. Zeke goes away but returns as Brother Zekiel the preacher. His forceful preaching draws the faithful in large numbers. Even Chick wants to be saved. Zekiel has asked the pretty Missy Rose to marry him, but Chick can still…

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Details

Director
King Vidor
Writer
King Vidor
Cinematography
Gordon Avil
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released
1929-08-20
Running time
99 minutes

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