Description

Judge Priest is a 1934 American comedy film. The film was based on humorist Irvin S. Cobb’s character Judge Priest. The film was directed by John Ford and produced by Sol M. Wurtzel in association with Fox Film. The film is set in post-reconstruction Kentucky.

Cast

• Will Rogers as Judge William ‘Billy’ Priest
• Tom Brown (actor) as Jerome Priest
• Anita Louise as Ellie May Gillespie
• Henry B. Walthall as Reverend Ashby Brand
• David Landau (actor) as Bob Gillis
• Rochelle Hudson as Virginia Maydew
• Roger Imhof as Billy Gaynor
• Frank Melton as Flem Talley
• Charley Grapewin as Sergeant Jimmy Bagby
• Berton Churchill as Senator Horace Maydew
• Brenda Fowler as Mrs. Caroline Priest
• Francis Ford (actor) as Juror No. 12
• Hattie McDaniel as Aunt Dilsey
• Stepin Fetchit as Jeff Poindexter