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Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1942) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 64 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William Beaudine, Jed Buell
- Starring
- Nathan Curry, Mantan Moreland, DeForest Covan, Florence O'Brien, Marguerite Whitten, Arthur Ray
While locked up in a county jail, Wallingford reads a newspaper story that his cellmate Schenectady has inherited a sprawling mansion from a recently deceased uncle. The news sends Schenectady into daydreams of opulent living, sparking a string of uproarious schemes and laugh‑out‑loud moments as the two prisoners imagine a life of luxury beyond the bars.
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