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Director:
Clarence Brown
Writers:
William Faulkner (novel)
Ben Maddow (writer)
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Release Date:
22 November 1950 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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The Forgotten: Brown's Requiem
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User Comments:
An early example of a major motion picture company dealing with racial prejudice in a positive light. more (21 total)

Cast

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David Brian ... John Gavin Stevens
Claude Jarman Jr. ... Chick Mallison
Juano Hernandez ... Lucas Beauchamp
Porter Hall ... Nub Gowrie
Elizabeth Patterson ... Miss Eunice Habersham
Charles Kemper ... Crawford Gowrie
Will Geer ... Sheriff Hampton

David Clarke ... Vinson Gowrie
Elzie Emanuel ... Aleck
Lela Bliss ... Mrs. Mallison
Harry Hayden ... Mr. Mallison
Harry Antrim ... Mr. Tubbs
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #13920)
Filming Locations:
Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
John Gavin Stevens: Mr. Hampton is right Miss Eunice, and so are you. They'd pass even Will Legate sooner or later when there's enough of them.
John Gavin Stevens: [pause] But there's one thing that would stop them. Long enough anyhow.
John Gavin Stevens: [pause] And that's somebody without a gun.
John Gavin Stevens: [pause] A Lady. A White Lady.
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An early example of a major motion picture company dealing with racial prejudice in a positive light., 3 August 2001
Author: grasshopper54 from Cromwell, CT

Director Clarence Brown does a tremendous job in presenting Juano Hernandez as a dignified man living within a southern community steeped in Jim Crow. Hernandez is falsely accused of murder and is resigned to the fact that this prejudice will lead to his incarceration or worse.

The movie is full of surprises and, happily, ends on a positive note. One of the major movies on racial or cultural prejudice of the era, it was done after Gentlemen's Agreement (1947), Crossfire (1947), but precedes Sidney Poitier's No Way Out (1950) by a year. Clearly, the only other movie that touched on this issue beforehand was the first version of Imitation of Life (1934).

This era was a time when the motion picture industry was struggling with this issue and showed an earnest attempt at portraying this problem with dignity. Hernandez's role as Lucas Beauchamp was no ordinary role for a black actor during this time when the movie industry was still under the control of whites. All in all, this is one of the greats.

Great supporting acting from David Brian, Claude Jarman, Jr. and Elizabeth Patterson.

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