Judge Priest

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.

• Director: John Ford
• Genre:Comedy / Drama / Romance
• Runtime:81 minutes

Cast

Will Rogers : Judge William ‘Billy’ Priest
Tom Brown : Jerome Priest
Anita Louise : Ellie May Gillespie
Henry B. Walthall: Reverend Ashby Brand
David Landau : Bob Gillis

Billy Priest, a proud Confederate Civil War veteran, serves the community in his rural home town as district judge in 1890′s Kentucky with common sense and humanity. Priest’s deals with everyone from the Daughters of the Confedracy to former slaves with humor and the same lack of pretension. His sister-in-law objects to his nephew Jerome’s interest in Ellie May Gillespie, a pretty young girl whose pedigree is unclear. When the mysterious loner Bob Gillis becomes involved in a stabbing incident involving the honor of Ellie May, Priest is asked by a rival to recuse himself from presiding at the trial.