Hallelujah! (film)

Hallelujah is a 1929 American PreCode MetroGoldwynMayer musical directed by King Vidor, and starring Daniel L. Haynes and Nina Mae McKinney.

Sharecroppers Zeke and Spunk Johnson sell their part of the cotton crop for 100. Cheated out of the money by Zekes girlfriend Chick 16yearold Nina Mae McKinney, in collusion with her gamblinghustler friends, Spunk is murdered in the ensuing brawl. Zeke runs away and reforms his life, becoming a minister.Sometime later, he returns and preaches a rousing revival. Now engaged to a virtuous maiden named Missy Victoria Spivey, he finds that Chick is still interested in him. She asks for baptism but is clearly not truly repentant. Tragically, Zeke throws away his new life for her. The film then cuts to Zekes new life he is working at a log mill and is married to Chick, who is secretly cheating on him with her old flame, Hot Shot William Fountaine. ........

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