Movie Description
Intruder in the Dust
(1949)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Clarence Brown
- Producer : Clarence Brown
- Editor : Robert Kern
- Cast : David Brian,Claude Jarman Jr.,Juano Hernández,Porter Hall,Elizabeth Patterson,Charles Kemper,Will Geer,David Clarke,Elzie Emanuel,Lela Bliss,Harry Hayden,Harry Antrim,Homer Arnold,John E. Avent,Joyce Ann Baron,Tommy Bond,Jack Bronfield,Allison Busby,Alberta Dishmon,Harold Gean,W.P. Haley,Ann Hartsfield,George T. Hemphill,Ben Hilbun,Noel Hodge,E.L. Hooker,Eylla Jacobs,John M. Keel,W.G. Kimmons,James Kirkwood,Will Lewis,Ephraim Lowe,Julia S. Marshbanks,Dewey McCoy,John Morgan,Jack Odom,Freddie B. Patton,Mike Riva,Eugene Roper,C.E. Slough,Guy Turnbow Sr.,Dan White,R.X. Williams,E.H. Windham,Howard Winters,Robert Lee Young,Edmund Lowe
Cast
John Gavin Stevens
Chick Mallison
Lucas Beauchamp
Nub Gowrie
Miss Eunice Habersham
Crawford Gowrie
Sheriff Hampton
Vinson Gowrie
Aleck
Mrs. Mallison
Mr. Mallison
Mr. Tubbs
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Customer (uncredited)
Paralee (uncredited)
Patron (uncredited)
Customer (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
Attendant (uncredited)
Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Patron (uncredited)
Deputy (uncredited)
Convict (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Gowrie Twin (uncredited)
Molly Beauchamp (uncredited)
Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
Convict (uncredited)
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Barber (uncredited)
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Fraser's Son (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Will Legate (uncredited)
Mr. Lilley (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Gowrie Twin (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleIntruder in the Dust
Status Released
Release Information
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1949-11-22
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 27m
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- Drama
- Crime
- Mystery
