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.

Comedy Drama

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))