Sunday Sinners is a 1940 drama, comedy, musical and religious race film directed by and co-produced by Arthur Dreifuss and Jack Goldberg starring his wife Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris and Earl Sydnor.

Plot

The Club Harlem is jointly owned by Gene and Corrine Aiken who disagree on the matter of the Club being open on Sunday. Rev. Jesse Hampton is receiving pressure from his parishioners to demand the club be closed on Sunday. Other plots include a protection racket pressuring Gene Aiken, two con men attempting to cheat a Chinese laundryman, and the son of the Reverend getting a job at the Club Harlem.

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Cast

Norman Astwood as Gene Aiken

Edna Mae Harris as Corrine Aiken

Earl Sydnor as Reverend Jesse Hampton

Mamie Smith as Midge

Alec Lovejoy as Eli

Cristola Williams as Creola

Thelma Norton as Peggy Hampton

Harold Norton as Earl Williams

Augustus Smith as The Deacon

Sidney Easton as Bootsie

References

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1940 films

American black-and-white films

Race films

Films about Christianity

American drama films

1940 drama films

Films directed by Arthur Dreifuss

1940s English-language films

1940s American films

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