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Intruder in the Dust (1949)

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Country: United States
Languages: English

Runtime: 87 min.
Released: Nov. 22, 1949
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+
poster

Intruder in the Dust (1949)

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Keywords: tmdb.falsely-accused, tmdb.mississippi-river, tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.small-town, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.certified-fresh, imdb.drooling-man + 188 more, imdb.throwing-money-on-the-ground, imdb.pipe, imdb.mississippi, imdb.black-man, imdb.miscarriage-of-justice, imdb.small-town-justice, imdb.counting-money, imdb.coin-purse, imdb.attorney, imdb.dead-wife, imdb.chimney-smoke, imdb.stealing-lumber, imdb.mule-riding, imdb.pulled-out-of-quicksand, imdb.mule, imdb.empty-grave, imdb.digging-up-a-grave, imdb.tobacco, imdb.shot-in-the-back, imdb.lumber, imdb.quicksand, imdb.sawmill, imdb.cell, imdb.respect, imdb.dignity, imdb.rabbit-hunting, imdb.gas-can, imdb.falling-into-water, imdb.uncle-nephew-relationship, imdb.hat, imdb.american-south, imdb.lynching, imdb.drool, imdb.widower, imdb.cabin, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.handcuffs, imdb.rabbit, imdb.rifle, imdb.pipe-smoking, imdb.death-of-wife, imdb.graveyard, imdb.racial-tension, imdb.racial-prejudice, imdb.racial-discrimination, imdb.homicide, imdb.arrest, imdb.social-injustice, imdb.race-relations, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.old-woman, imdb.landowner, imdb.frame-up, imdb.false-accusation, imdb.discrimination, imdb.barber, imdb.angry-mob, imdb.racism, imdb.death-of-son, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.southern-gothic, imdb.filling-a-gas-can, imdb.shooting-at-an-animal, imdb.shooting-at-a-rabbit, imdb.disrespectful-child, imdb.prison-uniform, imdb.1940s, imdb.title-same-as-book, imdb.fear, imdb.lie, imdb.brother-murders-his-brother, imdb.day-for-night-camera-shot, imdb.shot-through-a-window, imdb.twins, imdb.united-states-of-america, imdb.young-boy, imdb.innocent, imdb.innocent-man, imdb.lynch-mob, imdb.boy, imdb.woman, imdb.man, imdb.murder, imdb.justice, imdb.pistol, imdb.innocence, imdb.trial, imdb.lawyer, imdb.jail, imdb.mob-mentality, imdb.stubbornness, imdb.conscience, imdb.receipt, imdb.flowers, imdb.money, imdb.courthouse, imdb.horse-and-wagon, imdb.tree-stump, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.33-rifle, imdb.photograph, imdb.starting-a-fire, imdb.shooting, imdb.stairway, imdb.n-word, imdb.saving-a-life, imdb.creek, imdb.theft, imdb.truck, imdb.flashback, imdb.seventy-something, imdb.sewing, imdb.match, imdb.gasoline, imdb.corpse, imdb.dead-body, imdb.grapevine, imdb.rope, imdb.running, imdb.woods, imdb.one-armed-man, imdb.shotgun, imdb.trust, imdb.coffee, imdb.knife, imdb.guilt, imdb.cemetery, imdb.pickaxe, imdb.shovel, imdb.flashlight, imdb.bridge, imdb.horseback-riding, imdb.horse, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.colt-41, imdb.death, imdb.friend, imdb.court, imdb.playing-catch, imdb.fratricide, imdb.fireplace, imdb.colt-45, imdb.gas-station, imdb.knitting, imdb.pride, imdb.hound-dog, imdb.loudspeaker, imdb.patriarch, imdb.exhumation, imdb.bloodhound, imdb.extreme-close-up, imdb.courtroom, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.lumberman, imdb.wrath, imdb.violence, imdb.vengeance, imdb.twin-brother, imdb.small-town, imdb.sheriff, imdb.rage, imdb.racial-intolerance, imdb.racial-injustice, imdb.intolerance, imdb.injustice, imdb.gun, imdb.death-of-brother, imdb.crowd, imdb.compassion, imdb.black-white-relations, imdb.black-american, imdb.african-american, imdb.trap, imdb.revenge, imdb.racist, imdb.prejudice, imdb.partner, imdb.investigation, imdb.friendship, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.cross-cultural-relations, imdb.bullet, imdb.brother-brother-relationship, imdb.beating, imdb.assault, imdb.anger, imdb.adolescent, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Country: United States
Languages: English

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trailer
Runtime: 87 min.
Released: Nov. 22, 1949
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+

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