Intruder in the Dust

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 22, 1949

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

David Brian,Claude Jarman Jr.,Juano Hernández,Porter Hall,Elizabeth Patterson,Charles Kemper,Will Geer,David Clarke,Elzie Emanuel,Lela Blissand 37 more

Director

Clarence Brown

Writer

William Faulkner,Ben Maddow

Producer

Clarence Brown

Cinematography

Robert Surtees

Music

Adolph Deutsch

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0041513