Intruder in the Dust

Directed by Clarence Brown
Passed
22 november 1949    87 mDrama, Misdaad,
7.693%84%7.3
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In een klein plaatsje in Mississippi wordt de zwarte landeigenaar Lucas gearresteerd wegens moord. De blanke mensen in de stad zien hem graag hangen. De blanke oom van een jonge vriend van Lucas wil de verdediging van de zaak wel op zich nemen.
  • David BrianJohn Gavin Stevens
  • Claude Jarman Jr.Chick Mallison
  • Juano HernándezLucas Beauchamp
  • Porter HallNub Gowrie
  • Elizabeth PattersonMiss Eunice Habersham
  • Charles KemperCrawford Gowrie
  • Will GeerSheriff Hampton
  • David ClarkeVinson Gowrie
  • Elzie EmanuelAleck
  • Lela BlissMrs. Mallison
  • Harry HaydenMr. Mallison
  • Harry AntrimMr. Tubbs
  • Homer ArnoldMinor Role (uncredited)
  • John E. AventMinor Role (uncredited)
  • Joyce Ann BaronChild with Yo-Yo (uncredited)
  • Tommy BondMinor Role (uncredited)
  • Jack BronfieldMan in Crowd (uncredited)
  • Allison BusbyCustomer (uncredited)
  • Alberta DishmonParalee (uncredited)
  • Harold GeanPatron (uncredited)

Intruder in the Dust Ratings & Reviews

  • springer6662 april 2026
    Moving crime drama that asks its white characters to acknowledge and atone for their racist assumptions.
  • John Moss2 september 2025
    Fantastic movie that's just as relevant today as when it was first released in 1949. It's about an innocent, dignified black man wrongly accused of murder in the Jim Crow South, facing mob "justice". The way the crowd became ravenous. Just assuming he was guilty based on the color of his skin was shocking, but it reminded me of our current times, as people get pulled off the street and disbelieved, and deported without process. History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme in 2025.

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