Beale Street Mama 1946
Directed by Spencer Williams | Starring: July Jones, Spencer Williams, Rosalie Larrimore, Howard Galloway
The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.