Intruder in the Dust (film)
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Director Clarence Brown Cinematography Robert Surtees Country United States | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 22, 1949 (1949-11-22) (United States) Writer William Faulkner (novel), Ben Maddow Awards BAFTA United Nations Award Cast David Brian (John Gavin Stevens), Claude Jarman Jr. (Chick Mallison), Juano Hernandez (Lucas Beauchamp), Porter Hall (Nub Gowrie), Elizabeth Patterson (Miss Eunice Habersham), Charles Kemper (Crawford Gowrie)Similar movies Maverick , A Time to Kill , Mississippi Burning , Life , The Straight Story , This Property Is Condemned Tagline It's Sensational! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 crime drama film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring David Brian, Claude Jarman, Jr. and Juano Hernandez. The film is based on the novel Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner.
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Synopsis
The film closely follows the plot line of the Faulkner novel. It tells the story of Lucas Beauchamp, a respectable and rich black man, who is unjustly accused of the murder of a white man.
Cast
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $643,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $194,000 elsewhere, for a worldwide box office of $837,000.
The film earned Juano Hernández a Golden Globe nomination for "New Star of the Year". The film was listed as one of the ten best of the year by the New York Times. Faulkner said of the film: "I'm not much of a moviegoer, but I did see that one. I thought it was a fine job. That Juano Hernández is a fine actor--and man, too."
More than 50 years later, in 2001, film historian Donald Bogle wrote that Intruder in the Dust broke new ground in the cinematic portrayal of blacks, and Hernández's "performance and extraordinary presence still rank above that of almost any other black actor to appear in an American movie."
References
Intruder in the Dust (film) WikipediaIntruder in the Dust (film) IMDb Intruder in the Dust (film) themoviedb.org