Intruder in the Dust (1949)
It's Sensational!
Starring David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernández
Directed by Clarence Brown
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.
Runtime: 87 min.
Rating: 7.9
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Crime,Drama
Keywords: falsely accused,mississippi river,based on novel or book,small town,black men
Cast
John Gavin Stevens
Chick Mallison
Lucas Beauchamp
Nub Gowrie
Miss Eunice Habersham
Crawford Gowrie
Sheriff Hampton
Vinson Gowrie
Aleck
Mrs. Mallison
Mr. Mallison
Mr. Tubbs
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Customer (uncredited)
Paralee (uncredited)
Patron (uncredited)
Customer (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
Attendant (uncredited)
Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Patron (uncredited)
Deputy (uncredited)
Convict (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Gowrie Twin (uncredited)
Gowrie Twin (uncredited)
Molly Beauchamp (uncredited)
Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
Convict (uncredited)
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Barber (uncredited)
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Fraser's Son (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Will Legate (uncredited)
Mr. Lilley (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)