Cast
- Paul Robeson ... John 'Johnny' Zinga, a black dockworker in England with a great baritone singing voice.
- Elisabeth Welch ... Ruth Zinga, John’s wife who always encouraged John when he was down
- Esme Percy ... Gabriel Donozetti, an impressario who discovers John as a singer
- Robert Adams ... Monty
- James Solomon ... Native Leader
- Ecce Homo Toto ... Mandingo
- Ronald Simpson ... Blane, the Pianist
- George Mozart ... Bert Puddick
- Jenny Dean ... Marian
- Joan Fred Emney ... Nell Puddick
- Bernard Ansell ... Sir James Pyrie
- Johnnie Schofield
- Ambrose Manning ... Trader
- Arthur Elliott (as Hon. Arthur Eliot)
- Cornelia Smith ... Queen Zinga, a brutal queen ruling the island in the distant past
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