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Intruder in the Dust

  • 1949
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  • 1h 27m
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7.6/10
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Intruder in the Dust (1949)
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In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.

  • Director
    • Clarence Brown
  • Writers
    • William Faulkner
    • Ben Maddow
  • Stars
    • David Brian
    • Claude Jarman Jr.
    • Juano Hernandez
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    2.4K
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    • Director
      • Clarence Brown
    • Writers
      • William Faulkner
      • Ben Maddow
    • Stars
      • David Brian
      • Claude Jarman Jr.
      • Juano Hernandez
    • 41User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Will Geer, David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., and Elizabeth Patterson in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    David Brian, Juano Hernandez, Claude Jarman Jr., and Elizabeth Patterson in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    Will Geer in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    Will Geer and Porter Hall in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    David Brian and Claude Jarman Jr. in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    Will Geer and Juano Hernandez in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    David Brian, Juano Hernandez, and Claude Jarman Jr. in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    Will Geer and Porter Hall in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
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    Elzie Emanuel, Juano Hernandez, and Claude Jarman Jr. in Intruder in the Dust (1949)
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    David Brian
    David Brian
    • John Gavin Stevens
    Claude Jarman Jr.
    Claude Jarman Jr.
    • Chick Mallison
    Juano Hernandez
    Juano Hernandez
    • Lucas Beauchamp
    Porter Hall
    Porter Hall
    • Nub Gowrie
    Elizabeth Patterson
    Elizabeth Patterson
    • Miss Eunice Habersham
    Charles Kemper
    Charles Kemper
    • Crawford Gowrie
    Will Geer
    Will Geer
    • Sheriff Hampton
    David Clarke
    David Clarke
    • Vinson Gowrie
    Elzie Emanuel
    Elzie Emanuel
    • Aleck
    Lela Bliss
    Lela Bliss
    • Mrs. Mallison
    Harry Hayden
    • Mr. Mallison
    Harry Antrim
    Harry Antrim
    • Mr. Tubbs
    Homer Arnold
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    John E. Avent
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Joyce Ann Baron
    • Child with Yo-Yo
    • (uncredited)
    Tommy Bond
    Tommy Bond
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Bronfeld
    • Man in Crowd
    • (uncredited)
    Allison Busby
    • Customer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Clarence Brown
    • Writers
      • William Faulkner(novel)
      • Ben Maddow
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The film is generally considered as breaking new ground in its depiction of blacks on screen. In 1949 it was certainly highly progressive in the way it portrayed African-Americans.
    • Goofs
      When Chick comes out of the water, his hair is dry even though he had been completely underwater. Then he goes to Lucas's cabin and takes off his wet clothes, and his hair is wet.
    • Quotes

      John Gavin Stevens: Lucas, has it ever occurred to you if you just said "mister" to white people and said it like you meant it, you might not be sitting here now?

      Lucas Beauchamp: So I'm to commence now? I can start off by saying "mister" to the folks that drag me outta here and builds a fire under me.

    • Connections
      Featured in Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)

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    8/10
    INTRUDER IN THE DUST captures Faulkner at his best.
    As a fan of Wm. Faulkner since college, I was especially pleased to see Intruder In the Dust and for other reasons. My grandfather, also named Clarence Brown as was the director, grew up in the Oxford area having been born near there in 1888. We attended a week long family reunion at Oxford in July, 1964 a mere 15 years after filming the movie. It still looked mostly like it does in the film but was going thru a period of civil rights upheaval then as the site of Ole Miss. My recollection is of its being a nice little college town that summer but I was just an 18 year old college sophomore and white. I was just then beginning to see the injustice of segregation and prejudice but still had a long way to go. Anyhow, the movie is well worth watching but the filmmakers must have had to walk a tight rope to get it done there and I would love to know more about that story.

    Now days, Oxford is a larger, more modern college town with all the ills that go along with such things and I hope to return again to see how it must have changed socially in the last 40 plus years. Juano Hernandez should certainly have been nominated for an Oscar that year but Hollywood was still to bigoted itself to let that happen. Other Faulkner stories have been filmed so look for them and compare. One of the best was a PBS treatment of The Barn Burner from about 1985 or so starring Tommy Lee Jones. It really captured the intensity of rural Southern whites that Faulkner wrote so incisively about so often.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1950 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Intruder
    • Filming locations
      • Oxford, Mississippi, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $988,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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