"the short stick is too short a weapon to fight the devil with."
Big Jim Bottoms (Spencer Williams) runs a successful juke joint which is threatened when a new preacher (Samuel H. James) arrives in town and woos his punters into the church. Big Jim, his livelyhood on the line sets out to blackmail the preacher, but his Aunt who raised him knowing his plan beseaches the Lord to stop him...
Flawed religious piece by and for an African American audience, and as such an interesting historical watch.
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