Mississippi Rhythm
Cast & Crew
Derwin Abrahams
Jimmie Davis
The Sunshine Band
Veda Ann Borg
Lee "lasses" White
Sue England
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Synopsis
On board a riverboat bound for Creek City, singer Jimmie Davis, who is going to become half-owner of a land development company willed to him by his uncle, shares a cabin with traveling salesman Dixie Dalrymple. After Dixie invites Jimmie to perform in a concert he is putting on for the other passengers, Jimmie is persuaded to participate in a crooked card game run by Judge Homer Kenworthy and his associates. However, with Dixie's intervention, Jimmie wins handsomely, then accuses the gamblers of trying to cheat him. A fistfight breaks out and Jimmie beats them. When the boat docks at Creek City, Jimmie is disturbed to see Kenworthy and his cohorts welcomed by Stan Caldwell, Jimmie's uncle's partner, and Jeanette, who runs the Round-Up Saloon. Jimmie decides to take a job with the Sunshine Band, which has been booked at the saloon, in order to find out more about Caldwell. After town developer Caldwell installs Kenworthy as judge, and his associate, Samuel W. Beale, as city marshal, Jimmie discovers that his uncle was killed during a purported holdup and suspects that Caldwell was behind it. He also finds out that Caldwell has been cheating the settlers by selling them dry land and forcing them to buy water from him. Then, when they cannot pay, Caldwell forecloses and resells the land. Still not revealing who he really is, Jimmie challenges Caldwell about a claim belonging to Pop Lassiter. As a result, Caldwell tells Jeanette to pay Jimmie off, but Jimmie turns her down. After Jimmie discovers that Caldwell's men have roughed up Pop, he confronts Caldwell and reveals that he is his partner. Caldwell offers to buy Jimmie out, but he refuses to sell. Jeanette, who is falling in love with Jimmie, warns him to beware of Caldwell. As Caldwell controls the town's lawmen, Jimmie plans to incorporate the town and hold an election to fill the posts. He stages a minstrel show to enlist the support of the citizens and the judge's eighteen-year-old daughter Dorothy, who has just arrived in town, becomes part of the show. During the performance, Jimmie urges the audience to incorporate the town and elect their own officials, but is interrupted by gunfire from Caldwell's men, who try to break up the event. Jimmie tells Dorothy that her father is involved in Caldwell's crooked activities. On election day, Caldwell's men intimidate potential voters from entering the polling booth. Meanwhile, Jimmie rounds up the outlying land owners, who must then deal with barricades that Caldwell has set up at the entrances to the town. After Dorothy persuades her father to stand up to Caldwell, he goes to the poll and urges the citizens to vote for incorporation, but is shot at by one of Caldwell's men. However, Jimmie leads the settlers as they fight their way into town and cast their votes for a legitimate government. The repentant judge turns Caldwell and Beale over to a U.S. Marshal, and the future looks bright for Jimmie and Creek City.
Director
Derwin Abrahams
Cast
Jimmie Davis
The Sunshine Band
Veda Ann Borg
Lee "lasses" White
Sue England
James Flavin
Lyle Talbot
Paul Maxey
Paul Bryar
Joel Marston
Guy Beach
Jim Diehl
Duke York
Lillian Lindsco
Aileen Dixon
Billy Burt
Wheaton Chambers
Charlie Jordan
Larry Rio
Peenie Elmo
Myron Welton
John O'connor
Crew
Wesley Barry
George Beatty
Hal Blair
Ray Boltz Jr.
Lela Chambers
Gretchen Darling
Jimmie Davis
Dearest Dean
Eddie Dean
Bonnie Dodd
Mel Foree
Stephen Foster
Lloyd Garnell
Lloyd Garnell
Ace Herman
Mrs. Billy Hill
Billy Hill
Eddie Jones
Edward J. Kay
John Kean
Tom Lambert
Harry Lewis
Otho Lovering
John Martin
Dave Milton
Charles Mitchell
Ed Morey Jr.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Webb Overlander
Lindsley Parsons
Fred Rose
Louise Rousseau
William Sickner
Vin Taylor
Ilona Vas
Allen K. Wood
Britt Wood
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Notes
This film's working title was Riverboat Rhythm. Although actor Lyle Talbot was prominently billed, neither he nor his character appeared in the picture.
