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Go Down, Death!
Inspired by James Weldon Johnson's poem.
A juke-joint boss schemes to frame a new preacher who is drawing away his customers, and his foster mother pays the price when she tries to stop him. Inspired by James Weldon Johnson's poem.
Directed by Spencer Williams · Starring Myra D. Hemmings · Samuel H. James · Eddye L. Houston · Spencer Williams
Content note: A fatal assault on an elderly woman; images of Hell with brief nudity (clips from the 1911 Italian film L'Inferno).
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