Intruder in the Dust (1949)
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.
Director:
Clarence Brown
Writer:
Ben Maddow
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David Brian as John Gavin Stevens |
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Claude Jarman Jr. as Chick Mallison |
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Juano Hernández as Lucas Beauchamp |
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Porter Hall as Nub Gowrie |
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Elizabeth Patterson as Miss Eunice Habersham |
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Charles Kemper as Crawford Gowrie |
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Will Geer as Sheriff Hampton |
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David Clarke as Vinson Gowrie |
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Elzie Emanuel as Aleck |
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Lela Bliss as Mrs. Mallison |
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Harry Hayden as Mr. Mallison |
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Harry Antrim as Mr. Tubbs |
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Homer Arnold as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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John E. Avent as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Joyce Ann Baron as Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited) |
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Tommy Bond as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Jack Bronfield as Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Allison Busby as Customer (uncredited) |
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Alberta Dishmon as Paralee (uncredited) |
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Harold Gean as Patron (uncredited) |
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W.P. Haley as Customer (uncredited) |
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Ann Hartsfield as Girl (uncredited) |
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George T. Hemphill as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited) |
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Ben Hilbun as Attendant (uncredited) |
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Noel Hodge as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited) |
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E.L. Hooker as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Eylla Jacobs as Woman (uncredited) |
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John M. Keel as Patron (uncredited) |
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W.G. Kimmons as Deputy (uncredited) |
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James Kirkwood as Convict (uncredited) |
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Will Lewis as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Ephraim Lowe as Gowrie Twin (uncredited) |
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Julia S. Marshbanks as Molly Beauchamp (uncredited) |
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Dewey McCoy as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited) |
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John Morgan as Convict (uncredited) |
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Jack Odom as Truck Driver (uncredited) |
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Freddie B. Patton as Barber (uncredited) |
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Mike Riva as Crowd Member (uncredited) |
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Eugene Roper as Fraser's Son (uncredited) |
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C.E. Slough as Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Guy Turnbow Sr. as Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Dan White as Will Legate (uncredited) |
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R.X. Williams as Mr. Lilley (uncredited) |
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E.H. Windham as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Howard Winters as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Robert Lee Young as Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Edmund Lowe as Gowrie Twin (uncredited) |
| Directing | Clarence Brown | Director |
| Writing | William Faulkner | Novel |
| Production | Clarence Brown | Producer |
| Sound | Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Kern | Editor |
| Art | Randall Duell | Art Direction |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Production | Jay Marchant | Production Manager |
| Writing | Ben Maddow | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Carl Roup | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sid Sidman | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marvin Stuart | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | John Schmitz | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Jr. | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Albert Hunter | Grip |
