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The Sun Shines Bright is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Ford released in USA on 2 may 1953 with Charles Winninger

The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

The Sun Shines Bright
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Released in USA 2 may 1953
Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Western
Rating68% 3.4420453.4420453.4420453.4420453.442045

The Sun Shines Bright is a 1953 American drama film directed by John Ford, based on material taken from a series of Irvin S. Cobb stories. Ford had adapted some of the same material in 1934 in his film Judge Priest. That film originally had a scene depicting the lynching of Stepin Fetchit’s character (and Priest’s condemnation of the act), but it was cut by 20th Century Fox. The omission was one of the reasons Ford loosely reshaped the Cobb stories two decades later as The Sun Shines Bright for Republic Pictures, this time keeping the lynching scene (and Fetchit in a supporting role). Ford often cited The Sun Shines Bright as his favorite among all his films, and in later years, it was championed by critics such as Jonathan Rosenbaum and Dave Kehr, who called it "a masterpiece".

Synopsis

Sur fond de campagne électorale en 1905 dans une petite ville du Kentucky, des hommes se déchirent pour une femme. Alcoolique notoire, le juge Priest se représente aux élections locales. Prenant la défense d'un jeune Noir accusé injustement d'un viol d’une Blanche et participe aux obsèques d’une prostituée notoire, ce qui lui vaut le respect des uns et l’hostilité des autres. De vieux secrets de familles resurgissent...

Actors

Charles Winninger

(William Pittman Priest)
John Russell

(Ashby Corwin)
Arleen Whelan

(Lucy Lee Lake)
Russell Simpson

(Lewt Lake)
Stepin Fetchit

(Jeff Poindexter)
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