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Film details
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Featuring
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Directors
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Country
USA
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Year
1951
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Synopsis
Racial melodrama of a black child who falls down a well, whilst a white man is suspected of having abducted her. Racial tensions grow within the town and small isolated incidences of violence quickly develop into dangerous riots. However, when a boy and his dog find the girl, the town pulls together to sink a parallel shaft to the well in order to rescue her.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Ben Kellog
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Sam Packard
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Claude Packard
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Casey
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mayor
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Wylie
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Mrs Crawford
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grandfather
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Mr Crawford
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Mickey
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Peter
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Woody
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Frank
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Quigley
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Gleason
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Gaines
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Dr Billings
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Carolyn
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Stan
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schoolteacher
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Chet
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Hal
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Fred
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Art
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milkman
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baggage man
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Chip
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Lois
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Sally
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student
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Lobel
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Manners
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Directed by
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
Production:
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©
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a Harry M. Popkin production/Presents
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a United Artists release
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Production Supervisor
Writing:
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Written for the Screen by
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Written for the Screen by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
Editing:
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Film Editor
Design:
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Production Designed by
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Set Decoration
Costumes:
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Women's Wardrobe
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Men's Wardrobe
Make-up:
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Makeup
Music:
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Music Composed and Directed by
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Music Editor
Sound:
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Sound
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Sound System
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Sound Effects
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