Way Down South (film)


Way Down South is a 1939 American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and Bernard Vorhaus, and produced by Sol Lesser. It was written by Clarence Muse, who also acted in the film, and Langston Hughes. Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring.

Plot

In pre-Civil War Louisiana in 1854, young Timothy Reid Jr. is orphaned. He inherits a plantation and its well-cared-for slaves. However, lawyer Martin Dill is made the executor for the minor. Dill plots to sell off the slaves and flee to Paris with the proceeds. Timothy is befriended by Jacques Bouton, who persuades Judge Louis Ravenal to look into the matter and save the day.

Cast