Intruder in the Dust
(1949)
Synopsis
In 1940s Mississippi, a black man is wrongfully accused of murder, and the white townspeople want to see him hang. A white lawyer agrees to take the accused man's case, but his job is complicated by the lynch-mob mentality fomented by the dead man's brother. An adaptation of the William Faulkner novel.
Directors
Clarence Brown, Clarence Brown, Robert Surtees, Adolph Deutsch, Cedric Gibbons
Production year
1949
Rating
NR
Studio
Warner Bros.
Runtime
87 minutes
Cast
Juano Hernandez, David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Porter Hall, Elizabeth Patterson