Intruder in the Dust (1949)

Intruder in the Dust (1949)

It's Sensational! 1949-11-22 United States of America 87 Min. PG-13
7.338 40 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

David Brian is John Gavin Stevens
John Gavin Stevens
Claude Jarman Jr. is Chick Mallison
Chick Mallison
Juano Hernández is Lucas Beauchamp
Lucas Beauchamp
Porter Hall is Nub Gowrie
Nub Gowrie
Elizabeth Patterson is Miss Eunice Habersham
Miss Eunice Habersham
Charles Kemper is Crawford Gowrie
Crawford Gowrie
Will Geer is Sheriff Hampton
Sheriff Hampton
David Clarke is Vinson Gowrie
Vinson Gowrie
Elzie Emanuel is Aleck
Aleck
Lela Bliss is Mrs. Mallison
Mrs. Mallison
Harry Hayden is Mr. Mallison
Mr. Mallison
Harry Antrim is Mr. Tubbs
Mr. Tubbs

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