The Sun Shines Bright

JUDGE BILLY PRIEST...the only man who ever called Mallie Crump a Lady

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

Charles Winninger

(William Pittman Priest)

Arleen Whelan

(Lucy Lee Lake)

John Russell

(Ashby Corwin)

Stepin Fetchit

(Jeff Poindexter)

Russell Simpson

(Lewt Lake)

Ludwig Stössel

(Herman Felsburg)

Francis Ford

(Feeney)

Paul Hurst

(Jimmy Bagby)

Mitchell Lewis

(Andy Redcliffe)

Grant Withers

(Buck Ramsey)

Milburn Stone

(Horace K. Maydew)

Dorothy Jordan

(Lucy Lee's Mother)

Elzie Emanuel

(U.S. Grant 'You Ess' Woodford)

Henry O'Neill

(Joe D. Habersham)

Slim Pickens

(Sterling)

James Kirkwood

(General Fairfield)

Ernest Whitman

(Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford)

Trevor Bardette

(Rufe Ramseur)

Eve March

(Mallie Cramp)

Hal Baylor

(Rufe Ramseur Jr.)

Jane Darwell

(Aurora Ratchitt)

Ken Williams

(Maydew's Henchman)

Clarence Muse

(Uncle Zack)

Mae Marsh

(GAR Woman at the Ball)

Wilbur Mack

(Party Guest at Ball (uncredited))

Jack Perrin

(Townsman (uncredited))

Patrick Wayne

(Cadet (uncredited))

Chuck Hayward

(Deputy (uncredited))

Myrtle Anderson

Walter Bacon

Arthur Berkeley

Danny Borzage

Rudy Bowman

Jess Cavin

Jane Crowley

Willa Pearl Curtis

Mimi Doyle

Tex Driscoll

Robert Fuller

Slim Gaut

Sam Harris

Al Haskell

Shep Houghton

Michael Jeffers

Dick Johnstone

Jack Kenny

Philip Kieffer

Ann Kunde

Jack Low

Cliff Lyons

Cactus Mack

James Pier Mason

Louis Mason

Merrill McCormick

Mathew McCue

Frank McLure

Jack Mower

Frank O'Connor

James O'Hara

Jack Pennick

Barry Regan

Joe Rickson

Almira Sessions

Allen D. Sewall

Mickey Simpson

Leslie Sketchley

Elizabeth Slifer

Cap Somers

Harry Tenbrook

Blackjack Ward

Bennie Washington