Kaivon salaisuus

Original title: The Well

19511951
K-16K-16
1h 26m

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7.2/10

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Gwendolyn Laster and Richard Rober in Kaivon salaisuus (1951)

Drama Thriller

A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

820

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Leo C. Popkin
- Russell Rouse
Writers
- Russell Rouse(written for the screen by)
- Clarence Greene(written for the screen by)
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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 4 nominations total

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Barry Kelley, Robert Osterloh, and Richard Rober in Kaivon salaisuus (1951)

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Trivia
The only non-Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be nominated for Best Editing.

Goofs
The gang who was chasing the young man down the street are closer to the car before the scene change of the car driving off.

Connections
Referenced in Eine Berliner Romanze (1956)

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Race relations and the mob mentality

My , My, what can happen when a little girl turns up missing. A 5 year old black girl in 1951. This film shows just how easily things can get out of control when a white man is accused of abducting her. This film is nearly fifty years old and it makes one wonder just how far have we really come in those fifty years? A few years after this film was made, another called To Kill A Mockingbird came out on a similar subject. That one is considered a classic while The Well has been all but forgotten. It really is a shame because the Well is every bit as good.

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