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7.6/10   177 votes
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Writers:
Russell Rouse (writer) and
Clarence Greene (writer)
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Release Date:
10 September 1951 (USA) more
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Plot:
In a racially mixed American town, a 5-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations more
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Cast

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Richard Rober ... Sheriff Ben Kellogg
Gwendolyn Laster ... Carolyn Crawford

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Seek and hopefully find this movie, 3 June 2006
9/10
Author: pmbtv from USA

"The Well" is a terrific little movie, and a bold one for 1951. It takes one of the very earliest looks at racism and how it can ... and did in real life in the next decade ... tear apart a community and ultimately a nation. Obviously made on a shoestring budget by mostly unknowns. Some of those involved in the making of this film, I believe, later were blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red-baiting McCarthy era that soon followed. The suspense is relentless and some scenes are heartbreaking. An obscure, near-masterpiece. It deserves to be seen on any level and judged, for the most part, by the standards of its day. Using that yardstick, perhaps it actually deserves a 10. Unfortunately, I doubt many people have seen or heard of this film. HEY, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A COPY OF THIS MOVIE!

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