Film

Intruder in the Dust

1949 · 1h 27m · Drama · Crime · Mystery

It's Sensational!

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

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.

David Brian

John Gavin Stevens

Claude Jarman Jr.

Chick Mallison

Juano Hernández

Lucas Beauchamp

Porter Hall

Nub Gowrie

Elizabeth Patterson

Miss Eunice Habersham

Charles Kemper

Crawford Gowrie

Will Geer

Sheriff Hampton

David Clarke

Vinson Gowrie

Elzie Emanuel

Aleck

Lela Bliss

Mrs. Mallison

Harry Hayden

Mr. Mallison

Harry Antrim

Mr. Tubbs

Homer Arnold

Minor Role (uncredited)

John E. Avent

Minor Role (uncredited)

Joyce Ann Baron

Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited)

Tommy Bond

Minor Role (uncredited)

• Clarence BrownDirector · Producer
• Ben MaddowScreenplay
• William FaulknerNovel
• Robert SurteesDirector of Photography
• Adolph DeutschOriginal Music Composer
• Robert KernEditor

Intruder in the Dust - TrailerIntruder in the Dust (1949) Official Trailer - David Brian, Clarence Brown Drama Movie HD

Release date

November 22, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, Crime, Mystery

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