The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

Based on short stories ("The Sun Shines Bright", "The Mob from Massac", "The Lord Provides") by Irvin S. Cobb.

A judge running for re-election faces a series of city problems in a Southern town in the late 19th century (or early 20th). The doctor's adoptive daughter is said to be a local general's granddaughter; a black boy is unjustly accused of rape and is threatened with lynching; a dying prostitute asks for a pompous funeral service.

Mythifying, sentimental view of the American South. Mostly it is a mildly entertaining film, on occasion it gets oversentimental or downright ridiculous.

Rating: 53