The Well (1951)

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86 min - Drama | Film-Noir - 10 September 1951 (USA)

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In a racially mixed American town, a 5-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Gwendolyn Laster	...	Carolyn Crawford
	Richard Rober	...	Sheriff Ben Kellogg
	Maidie Norman	...	Martha Crawford
	George Hamilton	...	Grandpa Peabody
	Ernest Anderson	...	Ralph Crawford
	Dick Simmons	...	Deputy Mickey McClure
	Lane Chandler	...	Deputy Stan
	Pat Mitchell	...	Peter
	Margaret Wells	...	School Teacher, Miss Peterson
	Wheaton Chambers	...	Mr. Woody, Florist
	Michael Ross	...	Deputy Frank
	Russell Trent	...	Deputy Chet
	Allen Mathews	...	Deputy Hal
	John Philips	...	Deputy Fred
	Walter Morrison	...	Art

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In a racially mixed American town, a 5-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But Packard's troubles pale by comparison as ever more inflated rumors uncap the well of racial tensions and mob violence. And young Carolyn Crawford, forgotten by most, is still missing... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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