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