
Midnight(1939)
An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.


“Enough laughs to make your head spin!”
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.

Will Rogers
Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest

Tom Brown
Jerome Priest

Anita Louise
Ellie May Gillespie

Henry B. Walthall
Reverend Ashby Brand

David Landau
Bob Gillis

Rochelle Hudson
Virginia Maydew

Roger Imhof
Billy Gaynor

Frank Melton
Fleming 'Flem' Talley

Charley Grapewin
Sergeant Jimmy Bagby

Berton Churchill
Senator Horace Maydew
Judge Priest is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1934 exploring themes of judge, nephew, veteran. Directed by John Ford, it stars Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise. Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.
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