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Go Down Death

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Big Jim Bottom (Spencer Williams) decides to frame newly arrived preacher Jasper Jones (Samuel H. James) to prevent him from influencing the town. After securing an incriminating photo of Jasper with three hired women, Jim is approached by his Aunt Caroline (Myra Hemmings), who adopted him in childhood, and she pleads for him not to carry on with Jasper's ruin. When Jim ignores her, Caroline prays to the ghost of her husband, who appears and guides her to the photo, but she is soon caught.

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Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene 09/10/2021
Go Down, Death! is a film that, in just under an hour, brings you into an unfamiliar timespace that uses religious melodrama as its spine but flourishes into a whole other kind of organism. Go to Full Review Phil Hall Film Threat 02/13/2009
1.5/5
One of Spencer Williams' worst films. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/05/2004
B
Worth seeing for historical reasons and because Spencer Williams is a great artistic director who never got his just due in a race conscious America. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Spencer Williams

Director

Spencer Williams

Big Jim Bottoms

Myra Hemmings

Actor

The Heavenly Choir

Actor

Samuel H. James

Jasper
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Synopsis Big Jim Bottom (Spencer Williams) decides to frame newly arrived preacher Jasper Jones (Samuel H. James) to prevent him from influencing the town. After securing an incriminating photo of Jasper with three hired women, Jim is approached by his Aunt Caroline (Myra Hemmings), who adopted him in childhood, and she pleads for him not to carry on with Jasper's ruin. When Jim ignores her, Caroline prays to the ghost of her husband, who appears and guides her to the photo, but she is soon caught.
Director
Spencer Williams
Production Co
Harlemwood Studios
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 30, 2020
Runtime
57m