Intruder in the Dust (1949)
Drama
Crime
Mystery
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.
Cast
John Gavin Stevens
Chick 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)
Lucas Beauchamp
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)
Nub Gowrie
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)
Miss Eunice Habersham
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Will Legate (uncredited)
Mr. Lilley (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Crawford Gowrie
Sheriff Hampton
Vinson Gowrie
Aleck
Mrs. Mallison
Crew
Director
Novel
Writer
Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Art Direction
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Production Manager