"Truth is Stranger Than Fiction!"

1947

1h 25m

9.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

The life story of Jimmie Davis, from his humble beginnings as the son of a sharecropper through his career as a country songwriter/singer and onward to become the governor of Louisiana.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jimmie Davis

Margaret Lindsay

Alvern Adams

John Gallaudet

Charlie Mitchell

Freddie Stewart

Dottye Brown

Laura

Ralph Reed

Jimmie Davis as a Boy

Russell Hicks

Fred Astor

Lee 'Lasses' White

Old Timer

John Harmon

Steve

Tristram Coffin

Tomlins

Creative team

Directed by: Phil Karlson
Written by: Jack DeWitt
Steve Healey

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