Go Down, Death! (1944)/Sunday Sinners (1940)

  
Format:  Go Down, Death! (1944)/Sunday Sinners DVD 
 
 
First, the all-black morality play "Go Down, Death!" concerns a bar owner who accidentally murders his mother while trying to blackmail a local minister he saw cavorting with girls of ill-repute. Spencer Williams, Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James star. Then, the musical "Sunday Sinners" follows a clergyman's son whose attempts to clean up the streets get him framed for murder. With Earl Sydnor, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris. 120 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
 
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