The Well

Sep 24, 1951

1h 26m

★ 7.3

I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !

Overview

In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Harry Popkin Productions

Cardinal Pictures

The Well Trailers

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Cast

Carolyn Crawford

Gwendolyn Laster

Ben Kellogg

Richard Rober

Martha Crawford

Maidie Norman

Grandpa Peabody

George "Spike" Hamilton

Ralph Crawford

Ernest Anderson

Mickey McClure

Dick Simmons

Deputy Stan

Lane Chandler

Peter

Pat Mitchell

Miss Peterson

Margaret Wells

Mr. Woody

Wheaton Chambers

Deputy Frank

Michael Ross

Deputy Chet

Russell Trent

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