Intruder in the Dust
NR
DramaCrimeMystery
7.321/10(39 ratings)
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.
11-22-1949
1h 27m
Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Clarence Brown
- Production:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Key Crew
- Director:
- Clarence Brown
- Producer:
- Clarence Brown
- Original Music Composer:
- Adolph Deutsch
- Production Manager:
- Jay Marchant
- Novel:
- William Faulkner
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- US
- Filming:
- US
- Languages:
- en