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.

IMDb rating	7.6
Producers	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title	Intruder in the Dust
Directors	Clarence Brown
Writers	Ben Maddow, William Faulkner

Cast

David Brian

as John Gavin Stevens

Claude Jarman Jr.

as Chick Mallison

Juano Hernández

as Lucas Beauchamp

Porter Hall

as Nub Gowrie

Elizabeth Patterson

as Miss Eunice Habersham

Charles Kemper

as Crawford Gowrie

Will Geer

as Sheriff Hampton

David Clarke

as Vinson Gowrie

Elzie Emanuel

as Aleck

Lela Bliss

as Mrs. Mallison

Harry Hayden

as Mr. Mallison

Harry Antrim

as Mr. Tubbs

Homer Arnold

as Minor Role (uncredited)

John E. Avent

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Joyce Ann Baron

as Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited)

Tommy Bond

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Jack Bronfield

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Allison Busby

as Customer (uncredited)

Alberta Dishmon

as Paralee (uncredited)

Harold Gean

as Patron (uncredited)

W.P. Haley

as Customer (uncredited)

Ann Hartsfield

as Girl (uncredited)

George T. Hemphill

as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)

Ben Hilbun

as Attendant (uncredited)

Noel Hodge

as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)

E.L. Hooker

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Eylla Jacobs

as Woman (uncredited)

John M. Keel

as Patron (uncredited)

W.G. Kimmons

as Deputy (uncredited)

James Kirkwood

as Convict (uncredited)

Will Lewis

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Ephraim Lowe

as Gowrie Twin (uncredited)

Julia S. Marshbanks

as Molly Beauchamp (uncredited)

Dewey McCoy

as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)

John Morgan

as Convict (uncredited)

Jack Odom

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Freddie B. Patton

as Barber (uncredited)

Mike Riva

as Crowd Member (uncredited)

Eugene Roper

as Fraser's Son (uncredited)

C.E. Slough

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Guy Turnbow Sr.

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Dan White

as Will Legate (uncredited)

R.X. Williams

as Mr. Lilley (uncredited)

E.H. Windham

as Minor Role (uncredited)

George Winter

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Howard Winters

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Robert Lee Young

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)