Judge Priest

1934 · 80 min · dir. John Ford

Judge Priest is a 1934 American comedy film starring Will Rogers. The film was directed by John Ford, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel in association with Fox Film Corporation, and based on humorist Irvin S. Cobb's character Judge Priest. The picture is set in post-reconstruction Kentucky, with Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry Walthall, David Landau, and Stepin Fetchit in support. It was remade by Ford in 1953 as The Sun Shines Bright. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.